Off-the-Wire Headlines

June 2010

The National: Emiratis listened to Bill Gates – can they emulate him? (12 June 2010)

May 2010

The Daily Star: Participation of women, youth in policymaking 'key to stability' (14 May 2010)

Al-Watan (Saudi Arabia): Student allowances (14 May 2010)

Arab News: Saudi businessmen fund mass weddings in Yemen (14 May 2010)

March 2010

Foreign Policy: Changing views of youth in the Arab world (17 March 2010)

Gulf News: A window into the minds of Arab youth (14 March 2010)

CNN: Youth unemployment: Mideast 'ticking time bomb' (12 March 2010)

The Toronto Sun: Broader freedoms a lure for Arab youth (9 March 2010)

February 2010

Al Masry Al Youm: Diminishing opportunities for Egypt’s youth (17 February 2010)

December 2009

The Media Line: Arab Activism Gets Going in Copenhagen (13 December 2009)

Gulf News: Capitalising on diversity (13 December 2009)

The National: Small solutions to the big problem of jobless youth (12 December 2009)

Kipp Report: Not your average brain drain (8 December 2009)

October 2009

(22 October 2009) !!الاقتصادية: الشباب السعودي .. ومشكلة السكن

The Economist: Education in the Arab world: Laggards trying to catch up (15 October 2009)

September 2009

The Daily Star: Mideast and European youth tackle economic crisis (12 September 2009)

August 2009

Maktoob Business: Brainboxes overlooked in Mideast job market (23 August 2009)

Saudi Gazette: SR100m funds for young Saudis to set up SMEs (18 August 2009)

Arab News: Labor Ministry chalks out new strategy to tackle unemployment among youth (17 August 2009)

(11 August 2009) جريدة الصباح: الرياضة المحلية: شباب العراق يحتفلون بمناسبة يومهم العالمي

CNN: Young Muslims turn to technology to connect, challenge traditions (7 August 2009)

Business Today (Egypt): Bridging the Gap (August 2009)

July 2009

Daily Star: Major reforms needed to reduce Lebanon’s unemployment (9 July 2009)

June 2009

The Middle East: Youth: the great 21st-century challenge (June 2009)

Yemen Times: Rethinking Education (22 June 2009)

May 2009

Al-Ahram Weekly: Better days ahead (28 May 2009)

University World News: MIDDLE EAST: Regional reform to tackle economic crisis (24 May 2009)

Daily Star: Now is the 'best moment' to invest in education, training (1 May 2009)

April 2009

Kuwait Times: GUST hosts job fair for graduates (30 April 2009)

Eye of Dubai: Manpower partners with Education For Employment Foundation to tackle youth unemployment in MENA region (21 April 2009)

Financial Times: A lesson in academic acumen (15 April 2009)

Jerusalem Post: Iran leads Middle East population growth decline (13 April 2009)

Jordan Times: Lack of soft skills preventing young Jordanians from landing jobs (8 April 2009)

Gulfnews: Youngsters lose appetite for Algeria vote (7 April 2009)

The Peninsula On-line: Involve youth in decision making: Sheikha Mozah (7 April 2009)

Haaretz: UN: 70% of Palestinian youth oppose violence to resolve conflict with Israel (1 April 2009)

March 2009

Al Jazeera: Jobless from Dubai to Beirut (15 March 2009)

The National: For love of youth and country (14 March 2009)

Financial Times: Iran battles to promote merits of marriage (9 March 2009)

Financial Times: Private sector fills Syria’s learning gap (4 March 2009)

(2 March 2009) الحياة: منعهم من العمل وصعوبة الهجرة يفاقمان الأزمة... بطالة الشباب الفلسطينيين في لبنان تحولهم قنبلة موقوتة

February 2009

Yemen Times: Preparing today’s youth for tomorrow’s jobs (26 February 2009)

Arab News: Saudi education ‘passing through a historic phase' (18 February 2009)

Gulf Daily News: Quality lesson (18 February 2009)

Saudi Gazette: Saudi women graduates leave Kingdom for GCC jobs (13 February 2009)

Al-Ahram Weekly: Confronting unemployment (12 February 2009)

January 2009

Arabianbusiness.com: No quick fix on nationalisation (25 January 2009)

Arabianbusiness.com: Kuwaitis upset over high wedding costs (17 January 2009)

Washington Post: Aspiring Saudi Filmmakers Offer a Different Take (15 January 2009)

Al-Ahram Weekly: Partnership through training (8 January 2009)

December 2008

AME Info: Gulf youth conference launched in Doha (27 December 2008)

Arabianbusiness.com: Qatarisation jobs policy 'should be suspended' (27 December 2008)

New York Times: Generation Faithful: Jordanian Students Rebel, Embracing Conservative Islam (23 December 2008) عربي

(22 December 2008) النهار: المتعاقدون في الأساسي ينهون اليوم إضرابهم الحريري تعدهم برفع أجر الساعة في مجلس الوزراء

Yemen News Agency (SABA): Democracy School organizes workshop on youth issues (21 December 2008)

BBC News: Egypt's economy weathers global storm (19 December 2008)

The Kipp Report: Labor woes in the Middle East, Part I; Part II (14-15 December 2008)

Al-Ahram Weekly: Real estate in the balance (3 December 2008)

The Daily Star: Saudi Arabia to set minimum-wage guidelines for nationals (3 December 2008)

November 2008

Daily News Egypt: Education Series: Egyptian universities seek quality and accreditation (25 November 2008)

Egypt Today: The Thanaweya Amma Revised (November 2008)

Financial Times: Gulf tackles learning deficit (12 November 2008)

AME Info: Arab youth optimism about future surpasses that of Western peers, says ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller (11 November 2008)

Financial Times: Saudi women critical to development (3 November 2008)

October 2008

Arab News: Used schoolbooks in high demand (31 October 2008)

Daily Star: Opinion: Education and the pursuit of justice (30 October 2008)

TIME: E-Palestine: Palestinian Youth Bring Their Politics Online (29 October 2008)

Emirates Business: Region's youth need skills (27 October 2008)

Daily News Egypt: Special Euromoney Coverage: Egypt’s real estate market stays the course (20 October 2008)

Arab News: Saudi jobless rate falling: Al-Homaid (20 October 2008)

Middle East Online: The Global Financial Crisis and the Middle East: An Opportunity for Intra-Regional Cooperation and Security (18 October 2008)

International Herald Tribune: Ahtisaari wants to tackle youth unemployment next (10 October 2008)

Middle East: Making the grade in Egypt (October 2008)

September 2008

Financial Times: High and dry in Saudi property boom (29 September 2008)

(29 September 2008) الحياة: اختيار ات عشوائية للاختصاص الجامعي ... و «الحظ» يقرر مستقبل كثيرين

Business Intelligence - Middle East: Ban on house sharing creates uncertainty, fear factor in Dubai market (28 September 2008)

Washington Post: Young Saudis Reinvent Ramadan (27 September 2008)

New York Times: Report Seeks Engagement With Muslims by Diplomacy (23 September 2008)

New York Times: Saudi Women Find an Unlikely Role Model: Oprah (18 September 2008)

Yemen News Agency (SABA): USAID grants $3.1 million to develop capacity of youths in Yemen (15 September 2008)

The National: Family association has key role, says scholar (14 September 2008)

(11 September 2008) المستقبل: الملتقى الثاني للشباب الأورو ـ متوسطي يبحث "البيئة بأبعادها المشتركة" في انطلياس

BBC News: Egypt school exam cheats jailed (9 September 2008)

Financial Times: Private finance supplies online classroom solutions for Jordan (9 September 2008)

The National: Orphans to volunteer in community (7 September 2008)

Financial Times: Gaza students learn harsh lessons (5 September 2008)

August 2008

Daily Star: AUB summer camp sees young engineers volunteering in South السفير: مخيمات ترفيهية و ندوات و حوار شبابي لبناني-فلسطيني(28 August 2008)

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)

July 2008

Al-Ahram: Not even minimum wage (30 July 2008)

Christian Science Monitor: Iraqis more secure, but few are finding jobs (29 July 2008)

The National: Egypt's young look for change - but not from Obama (28 July 2008)

(28 July 2008) إيلاف: زفاف جماعي شمل 58 شابًا وفتاة في الأردن

Gulf News: Highly qualified Emiratis find themselves underemployed (27 July 2008)

Middle East Online: Syrian students hit hard by inflation (26 July 2008)

Asharq Alawsat: Unemployment in the Arab World (26 July 2008)

Daily Star: Egypt arrests 26 Web activists protesting against high prices (25 July 2008)

Kuwait Times: Iranians seeking life abroad eye Malaysia (24 July 2008)

Arab News: Techno valley project takes off in Riyadh (24 July 2008)

Arab News: Teaching in Saudi Arabia: 'I had to unlean to learn' (24 July 2008)

New York Times: Mideast Sees more of the Same if Obama Is Elected (22 July 2008)

Financial Times: High time UAE applied itself to education (21 July 2008)

Gulf News: Arab unemployment likely to rise 14% (19 July 2008)

International Herald Tribune: 'Heavy Metal Islam': Muslim youth and a lot of idealism (17 July 2008)

Washington Post: Saudis Look Beyond Oil to New Economy in Desert (17 July 2008)

Al Ahram Weekly: Overqualified and unemployed (14 July 2008)

New York Times: U.S. Messages to Arab Youth, Wrapped in Song (14 July 2008)

(14 July 2008) الحياة: «دار المتابعة الاجتماعية» لتأهيل الأحداث موضع ثقة هيئات محلية وعالمية

Los Angeles Times: New Saudi Arabia university will have a Western feel (13 July 2008)

Daily Star: New center at AUB will aim to encourage entrepreneurship (11 July 2008)

Tunisia Online: Tunisia: 'We Have No Other Path Than to Invest in Knowledge, Work and Development', Says President Ben Ali on the Occasion of 'Knowledge Day' (11 July 2008)

Yemen Times: Primary and Secondary School Exams: A Responsibility of All (10 July 2008)

Christian Science Monitor: Fewer gunmen and bribes as Iraqi students take finals (9 July 2008)

Kuwait News Agency: Arab Youth Forum Kicks Off in Cairo (9 July 2008)

CNN: Young People Break Down Barries in the Middle East (2 July 2008)

Arab News: Digital Culture of Exclusion (1 July 2008)

June 2008

Wall Street Journal: Positive Thinking in Tehran: Youth Embrace Self-Help Movement (30 June 2008)

Los Angeles Times: Number of abortions rising in Middle East, experts say (29 June 2008)

Gulf Daily News: Bahraini women on cultural trip (28 June 2008)

New York Times: Books, Not Bombs (25 June 2008)

Economic Times: Young Saudis Beat Inflation Via Group Weddings (25 June 2008)

Gallup: Young Arabs Poised to Maximize Their Potential (17 June 2008)

The Economic Times: 29 Nobel Laureates to Meet in Jordan (17 June 2008)

Zaywa: Dh37 Billion Set Aside to Groom Young Arab Leaders (17 June 2008)

Al Bawaba: LG Graduates the Second Generation from LGE Al Asalah Academy (17 June 2008)

Washington Quarterly: Educational and Cultural Exchanges to Restore America's Image (Summer 2008)

BBC News: Egypt probe into exam paper leak (16 June 2008)

New York Times: Answers From Iraqi Teens (16 June 2008)

NPR: Palestinians Cultivate High-Tech Industry (11 June 2008)

New York Times: Memo from Cairo: Don't Leave Home Without a Cultural Compass (11 June 2008) عربي

(11 June 2008) إيلاف: هربًا من البطالة: شباب العراق يتحولون إلى باعة متجولين

BBC News: Marry or lose job, says Iran firm (10 June 2008)

Yemen Observer: British Council gives voice to Yemeni youth at the World Economic Forum (10 June 2008)

The Daily Star: Only The Youth Can Save Lebanon's Future (9 June 2008)

Al-Bawaba: Young Arab Leaders launches the ‘Entrepreneurship Initiative’ to empower Arab Entrepreneurs (8 June 2008)

Washington Post: Iran Makes the Sciences A Part of Its Revolution (6 June 2008)

NPR: Arab Men Challenge Perceptions While 'On the Road' (audio) (4 June 2008)

(2 June 2008) إيلاف: إلى أين يهرب الشباب في مصر من الأحلام؟

New York Times: State Dept. Reinstates Gaza Fulbright Grants (2 June 2008)

Financial Times: YOUTH IN THE MIDDLE EAST 2008 - A region worries about its young (2 June 2008)

May 2008

(31 May 2008) إيلاف: شباب الأردن يحمّل الأوضاع الاقتصادية مسؤولية عزوفه عن الزواج

Al-Arabiya: Iraqi students fight violence with music (30 May 2008)

AMEInfo: RAK Crown Prince launches 'Saud bin Saqr Programme for Young Business Leaders’ (28 May 2008)

United Press International: European, Israeli, Palestinian youth meet (28 May 2008)

(27 May 2008) المصري اليوم: سلعوة.. اسمها الثانوية العامة

The Peninsula: Silatech initiative to create new jobs in the region (27 May 2008)

IRIN: YEMEN: Campaign to enhance girls' education (27 May 2008)

Al Bawaba: 550 GCC students complete BP’s 2008 Young Adventurers Youth Development Programme (21 May 2008)

Kuwait Times: Kuwaiti calls for more efforts to realize youth potential (20 May 2008)

(19 May 2008) الحياة: هرباً من الفراغ والبطالة وبحثاً عن تحقيق الذات ... مشاريع صغيرة تفتح الباب أمام السعوديات لدخول «نادي المال والأعمال