News and Events
Stay informed of the latest news and events courtesy of the Middle East Youth Initiative.
OFF THE WIRE NEWS contains highlights of the latest stories on youth and development in the region.
MEYI IN THE NEWS features recent media coverage of the Middle East Youth Initiative.
OFF THE WIRE NEWS:
Washington Post: Gulf States Try to Steer Jobs to Citizens (25 August 2008)
Arab News: Dubai introduces mortgage law to regulate sector (20 August 2008)
Egypt Today: Taxing the Brain (August 2008)
Wall Street Journal: Free trade can fight terror (15 August 2008)
The National: Young, brand-savvy and online (13 August 2008)
BBC News: Spotlight on Egypt's marriage crisis (12 August 2008)
Al-Bawaba: Promise of youth in MENA (12 August 2008)
(11 August 2008) الحياة: «الواحة» مشروع تكنولوجي يهدف إلى إيجاد فرص عمل وكسر الاحتكار
(11 August 2008) (شـبكة فلسـطـين الإخبارية: الاحصاء: 27.0% من إجمالي السكان في الأراضي الفلسطينية هم من الشباب (15-29 سنة
BBC News: Yemen divided on vice and virtue (11 August 2008)
Daily Star: Bank of Beirut unveils new housing-loan scheme (8 August 2008)
Al-Ahram Weekly: Realising the Dream (7 August 2008)
VOX: Looking beyond the boom (1 August 2008)
Christian Science Monitor: New sports center helps Iraqi youths opt out of insurgency (1 August 2008)
MEYI IN THE NEWS:
Daily Times, Pakistan (AFP): Iran buys US wheat for first time in 27 years (27 August 2008)
World Politics Review: Iran's Inflation Woes Leave Ahmadinejad Vulnerable in 2009 Elections (30 July 2008)
The Peninsula (Qatar): Asset loss (28 July 2008)
(23 July 2008) بي بي سي: نسل جوان عرب علیرغم ثروت نفتی شکوفا نشده است - in Persian
Daily News Egypt: Marriage Cost Swells to Record High, Shows Study (18 July 2008)
PBS: The Middle Eastern Marriage Crisis (11 July 2008)
The National: The Middle East has just a few years to reap this double dividend (2 July 2008)
Daily News Egypt: Youth exclusion comes at a high price (2 July 2008)
(30 June 2008) الحياة: دراسة تصدر من بيروت وتتناول 11 بلداً في المنطقة ... الشباب نعمة لا تدوم طويلاً ... وكلفة البطالة لدى شباب الشـــرق الأوســــط 25 بليون دولار سنوياً
New York Times: MEYI Experts Featured in The New York Times (23 June 2008)
The Nation: Jad Chaaban and The Costs of Youth Exclusion featured in a 4-part Series (19 June 2008)
AMEInfo: A Youth Knowledge Consortium is launched to promote youth employment and entrepreneurship in the Arab World at Doha Summit (2 June 2008)
News
Tarik Yousef interviewed in 'Al-Iktesadeya'
Dr. Tarik Yousef spoke to 'Al-Iktesadeya' newspaper about youth unemployment and the labor market in the Middle East. Dr. Yousef is Dean of the Dubai School of Government and Senior Nonresident Fellow at Brookings' Wolfensohn Center for Development.
CNN Highlights West Bank Training and Job Placement Program
The Education for Employment Foundation's Construction Management Training and Job-Placement Program in the West Bank, which teaches unemployed Palestinian engineering graduates new, transferable skills and places them in guaranteed jobs, is featured on CNN Headline News.
Commemorating International Youth Day
The Middle East Youth Initiative joins with the international community in celebrating International Youth Day on August 12. Adopted by resolution of the United Nations General Assembly in 1995, International Youth Day is an occasion to promote awareness of the critical need to improve the well-being of young people, with a particular focus on engaging youth in developing countries.
Events
Global Interdependence Youth Summit
CivWorld’s inaugural Global Interdependence Youth Summit will explore the solutions to important worldwide challenges, from the impact of global warming to best practices in conflict prevention.
Global Youth Enterprise Conference
Making Cents International will convene youth leaders, practitioners, and other stakeholders for the Global Youth Enterprise Conference September 15-16 in Washington, DC.
8th Global Conference on National Youth Service
The 8th Global Conference on National Youth Service will take place from 19-22 November 2008 in Paris, France. The conference will be hosed by IANYS secretariat, Innovations in Civic Participation (ICP), in partnership with Unis-Cité and the Association of Voluntary Service Organizations (AVSO), and will include IANYS members and other professionals in the field of youth civic engagement from across
