# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/faisal-al-qassem
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:44:46.984Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/faisal-al-qassem"
name: "Faisal al-Qassem"
slug: "faisal-al-qassem"
description: "Faisal Al-Qasim, also written as Faisal Al-Kasim is a British-Syrian television personality based in Qatar, who is known for hosting the controversial live debate show The Opposite Direction on Al Jazeera, where two guests with contradicting points of views debate on various topics but mostly topics related to politics of the Arab world. Fights break out on some occasions."
tagline: "British-Syrian television personality"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Faisal_al-Qasim.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1961-06-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.9
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.135174666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/kasimf"
    handle:    "kasimf"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/falkasim/"
    handle:    "falkasim"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/falkasim"
    handle:    "falkasim"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4911278/"
    handle:    "nm4911278"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "فيصل القاسم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B5%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85"
    title: "فيصل القاسم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal_al-Qassem"
    title: "Faisal al-Qassem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal_al-Qassem"
    title: "Faisal al-Qassem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%B5%D9%84_%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85"
    title: "فیصل قاسم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay%C3%A7al_al_Kacim"
    title: "Fayçal al Kacim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%9D"
    title: "פייסל אל-קאסם"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal_al-Qasim"
    title: "Faisal al-Qasim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q390072"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump