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News
Youth Unemployment from Egypt to the United States: New Commentary
9 Mar 2010
Writing as US Vice President Joe Biden visits the Middle East, Ragui Assaad and Samantha Constant analyze employment prospects for young people in both the United States and the Middle East, with a special focus on Egypt.
Experts Convene to Discuss Social Entrepreneurship and Social Investment in the Middle East
25 Feb 2010
On February 23, the Middle East Youth Initiative and the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government convened a group of over 40 policy makers, international donors, private sector and civil society leaders to discuss the state of social entrepreneurship and corporate social engagement in the Middle East.
MEYI Youth Ambassador Attends Secretary Clinton's Town Hall in Jeddah
18 Feb 2010
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton chaired a town hall meeting with students at Dar Al Hekma College in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on February 16, where she discussed the importance of education, community service, and the participation of women and girls in society.
Events
API's 9th International Conference on "Women and Youth in Arab Development"
March 22 - 24, 2010
Cairo, Egypt
API's 9th International Conference will provide a forum to debate the process of empowering Arab women to play their role in the region's development and ways of arresting the observed exclusion of Arab youth.
9th International Conference of the Middle East Economic Association
June 24 - 26, 2010
Istanbul, Turkey
The 9th International Conference of the Middle East Economic Association (MEEA) will be held at the Faculty of Management of Istanbul Technical University (ITU) in Istanbul, Turkey.
