Department of Culture and Information

ARAB YOUTH FORUM

The Arab Youth Forum is an annual cultural event, organized by the Department of Culture & Information. Youths between 16 and 24 years of age from the Arab world are invited to Sharjah to attend this Forum. Each session is conducted with one main theme. Several activities and programmes are organized based on this main theme. The main theme for the first session of the Arab Youth Forum was 'Youth and Environ-ment', the 2nd carried the theme 'Youth and Globalization' and 3rd session will have 'Youth and the Arab question' as its theme

Five youths from each participating Arab nation were invited and hosted by the Organizers with full hospitality. Several activities were formulated to suite their intellectual interests and capabilities. The most attractive parts of the Forum is the opening and closing ceremonies, featuring several interested activities.

An organizing committee is formed by the Department of Culture & Information to take care of the Forum. As part of the closing ceremony certificates are distributed to all the participants in appreciation of their participation.