{"id":11240,"date":"2018-09-09T12:24:42","date_gmt":"2018-09-09T12:24:42","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-09-09T12:24:42","modified_gmt":"2018-09-09T12:24:42","slug":"sultan-qassemi-khalid-alameri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/feature\/sultan-qassemi-khalid-alameri\/","title":{"rendered":"Khalid Al Ameri Credits Sultan Al Qassemi For Being An Inspiration In This Touching Twitter Thread"},"content":{"rendered":"
A recent tweet from prominent UAE commentator Sultan Al-Qassemi<\/a> drew a touching response.<\/p>\n The New York uni educated and Yale University ‘World Fellow 2018’ recipient is currently working on a presentation for the prestigious university, in it he wondered what he had done, ‘tried to do and failed to do in order to contribute to a “good society.”<\/p>\n I am working on a presentation for Yale on what I did, and tried to do and failed to do in order to contribute to a “good society.” Going over old articles, it’s making me quite nostalgic (also I *had* guts. Who was that guy?!)<\/p>\n \u2014 \u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646 \u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0627\u0633\u0645\u064a (@SultanAlQassemi) September 8, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Sultan ‘paved the way for us to do the work we do’<\/p>\n I\u2019ve followed you since you blogged on the \u201cSultan\u2019s Notes\u201d and believe me you opened up a world to so many of us Sultan and paved the way for us to do the work we do, writers, creatives, journalists to name a few and I will always be grateful to you for that.<\/p>\n \u2014 \u062e\u0627\u0644\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0645\u0631\u064a (@KhalidAlAmeri) September 8, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n you still do. & if you choose not to revive him, you\u2019ve left little remnants of inspiration in most of your nephews and nieces. in a way, you still *are* contributing to society.<\/p>\n \u2014 Maryam (@maryamalqassimi) September 8, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n You’re still needed …<\/p>\n \u2014 Negar Azimi (@negarazimi) September 8, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Who said you failed? If it wasn’t for your efforts many of us – myself included – would not have known about the khaleeji art scene and development. You did well.<\/p>\n \u2014 Mounir (@monymounir) September 8, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The guy who encouraged thousands and thousands of people to think, to speak up. Especially Young people who were too lost to understand what was happening in the world.<\/p>\n \u2014 \u0639\u0628\u062f\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0632\u064a\u0632 (@AzoozAlMulla) September 8, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Disappearing from the social media site with no explanation to his over 500k followers, his absence was noted. However, Twitter rejoiced when he reappeared in July<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you go dark online for a year and a large cohort of people recognize your absence, I would say what you tried to do was pretty darn effective.<\/p>\n \u2014 Mohamed Al Moosa (@AlMoosa15) September 9, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n not really but I appreciate it \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\nAnd the touching response on his Twitter feed from so many was his answer<\/h4>\n
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Popular Emirati vlogger and motivational speaker Khalid AlAmeri<\/a> was quick to jump in<\/h3>\n
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You are still contributing to society<\/h4>\n
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Still needed<\/h4>\n
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This user credits Al-Qassemi for publicising the Khaleeji art scene<\/h4>\n
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And engaging young people across the region to speak up<\/h4>\n
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Al- Qassemi took a 12-month break from Twitter in 2017<\/h3>\n
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A modest response<\/h4>\n
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