A network of committed youth
Locally Rooted, Globally Connected
A network of committed youth
Locally Rooted, Globally Connected
Link to: Al Sharq Fellowship Program
VISION
Be a platform of choice for global youth to proactively shape and promote political, economic, and social reform and integration
Link to: Al Sharq Fellowship Program
MISSION
Cultivate the next generation of leaders and changemakers to comprehensively address global challenges that face our communities, through driving grassroot initiatives, special projects and activism grounded in the highest levels of ethical values and principles.
Link to: Al Sharq Fellowship Program
VISION
Be a platform of choice for global youth to proactively shape and promote political, economic, and social reform and integration
Link to: Al Sharq Fellowship Program
MISSION
Cultivate the next generation of leaders and changemakers to comprehensively address global challenges that face our communities, through driving grassroot initiatives, special projects and activism grounded in the highest levels of ethical values and principles.
A MESSAGE TO THE YOUTH
We are living through one of the most consequential periods in history.
As we witness deep injustices, widening inequalities, fracturing systems, our world is undergoing profound transformation. Geopolitical dominions are shifting, technologies are redefining how societies function, and the systems that shape our collective future are being renegotiated in real time. Such crises demand courage, wisdom, commitment and sacrifice.
In moments like these, history reminds us of something important. The course of the future is not determined by events. It is shaped by the generations that collectively rise to meet them. We stand at a crossroads unlike any before.
Never before has a generation had such unprecedented access to knowledge, networks, technology, and platforms of influence. The digital age has connected minds across continents. Ideas can travel globally within seconds. Communities can organize across borders. Initiatives can emerge from individuals and evolve into movements capable of shaping narratives, mindsets and institutions that influence in the millions. As these tools give our generation extraordinary potential, they also place upon us an immense responsibility. But tools alone do not shape the future. It is the clarity of purpose behind them that does.
It was with this belief that Al Sharq Youth was built as a platform where youth from around the world could come together to deepen their understanding of the challenges of our time, connect across borders, and develop the capacity to contribute meaningfully to defining the future. Al Sharq Youth was never built around one individual or one role. It was built as a network of people who believe that their lives must contribute to something greater than themselves.
The path ahead for our generation will not be simple. The challenges before us are complex and deeply entrenched. But the potential within our generation is equally exceptional. The main point of focus before us is not how the future will change. The real question is how we will rise to the responsibility of shaping it.
If we choose to cultivate knowledge, build meaningful networks, harness the tools of our time, and dedicate our orientations toward justice and constructive systemic change, the impact of this generation can reshape the trajectory of our societies.
And as witnessed, I have deep faith in what this generation can build together.
With gratitude and hope,
Abdullah Ali
General Coordinator
Al Sharq Youth Network
WHERE ARE WE?
We are a global network of local hubs which are the beating heart of the network, they are local active communities led by respective catalysts in 7 regions across the globe.
Our Social Impact 2020-2026
1000+ network members
Based in 47 countries
bringing grassroots,
positive change
400+ high caliber youth
Received intensive expert-led
leadership and personal
development intensive training
65 civil society initiatives
Incubated to amplify
community impact
2400 hours
Of training and coaching
delivered to network members
Engaged Community
WHAT THEY SAY
I would like to congratulate Al Sharq Forum for bringing together participants from such diverse regions. I have seen, and even before this, heard that it is truly an incredible think-tank, a workshop of ideas. The Forum serves as an inspiring platform where knowledge and perspectives converge, fostering meaningful dialogue and connections across the globe. Its dedication to bringing together voices from different backgrounds is truly remarkable and deeply commendable.
Al Sharq Youth is more than just a gathering of young people. It is a meeting of minds from all over the world. It is a network which unites young people who are inspired and motivated to make a positive difference, and to take action to build a better future.
Al Sharq Youth creates a space that draws on lessons of the past by incorporating our historical struggles, successes and failures, so that future generations are equipped with the tools needed to move forward with new solutions.
The Al Sharq Fellowship program is a very well structured and designed leadership program that provides direct access to learning from leading scholars in the field. The diversity in the cohort is great!
Al Sharq Youth has in a very short space of time become a truly global network of youth. The various issues the network embraces in its program of action give hope for the future of the world.
Al Sharq Forum provides the environment for young leaders to articulate and have a reason discourse. We have to remind them that they are the youth associated with idealism, with principles, with conviction, not to necessary support the excess of the present regimes. They have to have tight values and principles and understand that new technology means new knowledge and new frontiers, and at the same time it will only be effective if they retain their core values against oppression, corruption and abuse of power, because the young must affect change only when they have these core values and new understandings of knowledge and technology, only then they really can be real ambassadors for change in our societies
When you attend a conference like Al Sharq Youth Annual Conference, you are engaged and you are hearing every word and you get everything out of it. Use that as a force. Use this conferences and these meetings as a force to push yourselves forward. The real accomplishment here is the networking, not with the experts but with the youth just like you, who are coming up in the world. In 10-15 years’ time you will remember these people and they will be in high places and they will be influential people in their own way.
It was wonderful to meet the dynamic and promising young members of Al Sharq Youth during their last annual conference which was well done. They are the young leaders of our society.
I have learned a lot from my team members in the Al Sharq Fellowship Program. The group is so diverse and I feel that I’m part of a greater community.
Al Sharq conference in Kuala Lumpur was a great experience for me to get connected with young leaders and changemakers of Asia and the MENA region. A unique opportunity to see the reality with new eyes. Thanks! Shukran! Tarima kasih!
Young people have hope and optimism, that’s where Al Sharq has rightly emphasized on the FUTURE. It was a profound experience at Al Sharq Conference, meeting youth and leaders all over the world, speaking the same language, owning their future.
In the Al Sharq Fellowship Program I’ve had the chance to meet brilliant minds in a perfectly designed program to create (or discover) new narratives about one's life and the world we are living in.
I highly recommend joining Al Sharq Youth for all young leaders looking for support, ideas and inspiration to continue their work to change the world.
The Al Sharq Youth conference was an amazing experience and it is an opportunity to meet the future leaders of the world today.
It was a pleasure to meet so many inspiring and committed people at seeking to positively shape our world.
Al Sharq Youth is establishing the ground on which the Al Sharq civilization will once again stand among the nations.
In just a few years since it was launched, Al Sharq Youth has emerged as one of the most dynamic and inventive platforms in the Middle East, the network is contributing to the making of a better future for the youth and all the peoples of the Mashriq.
I was absolutely blown away by the atmosphere at Al Sharq Youth Annual Conference. I felt truly inspired by the attendees and my fellow speakers pushing the boundaries of technology, politics, journalism, art, fashion, and so much more in Al Sharq region and beyond. These are changemakers.
It was refreshing to see so many young and inspiring people in one place. We had long and useful talks in between the panels, decided to work on a new projects and most importantly became friends.
They say the future belongs to those who prepare for it today. The Al Sharq Youth Annual Conference is doing just that, bringing together leaders from the East and the West to engage in critical conversations that are shaping the future for generations to come.
It's amazing to feel like travelling to many places while I am in the same hall, getting to meet some inspiring humans from the East and the West .. feeling small compared by the achievements and the experiences surrounding me. As a traveler, Al Sharq Youth Conference was a rich adventure for me, but this time by only wearing my suit and sitting in the same seat
I would like to congratulate Al Sharq Forum for bringing together participants from such diverse regions. I have seen, and even before this, heard that it is truly an incredible think-tank, a workshop of ideas. The Forum serves as an inspiring platform where knowledge and perspectives converge, fostering meaningful dialogue and connections across the globe. Its dedication to bringing together voices from different backgrounds is truly remarkable and deeply commendable.
Al Sharq Youth is more than just a gathering of young people. It is a meeting of minds from all over the world. It is a network which unites young people who are inspired and motivated to make a positive difference, and to take action to build a better future.
Al Sharq Youth creates a space that draws on lessons of the past by incorporating our historical struggles, successes and failures, so that future generations are equipped with the tools needed to move forward with new solutions.
The Al Sharq Fellowship program is a very well structured and designed leadership program that provides direct access to learning from leading scholars in the field. The diversity in the cohort is great!
Al Sharq Youth has in a very short space of time become a truly global network of youth. The various issues the network embraces in its program of action give hope for the future of the world.
Al Sharq Forum provides the environment for young leaders to articulate and have a reason discourse. We have to remind them that they are the youth associated with idealism, with principles, with conviction, not to necessary support the excess of the present regimes. They have to have tight values and principles and understand that new technology means new knowledge and new frontiers, and at the same time it will only be effective if they retain their core values against oppression, corruption and abuse of power, because the young must affect change only when they have these core values and new understandings of knowledge and technology, only then they really can be real ambassadors for change in our societies
When you attend a conference like Al Sharq Youth Annual Conference, you are engaged and you are hearing every word and you get everything out of it. Use that as a force. Use this conferences and these meetings as a force to push yourselves forward. The real accomplishment here is the networking, not with the experts but with the youth just like you, who are coming up in the world. In 10-15 years’ time you will remember these people and they will be in high places and they will be influential people in their own way.
It was wonderful to meet the dynamic and promising young members of Al Sharq Youth during their last annual conference which was well done. They are the young leaders of our society.
I have learned a lot from my team members in the Al Sharq Fellowship Program. The group is so diverse and I feel that I’m part of a greater community.
Al Sharq conference in Kuala Lumpur was a great experience for me to get connected with young leaders and changemakers of Asia and the MENA region. A unique opportunity to see the reality with new eyes. Thanks! Shukran! Tarima kasih!
Young people have hope and optimism, that’s where Al Sharq has rightly emphasized on the FUTURE. It was a profound experience at Al Sharq Conference, meeting youth and leaders all over the world, speaking the same language, owning their future.
In the Al Sharq Fellowship Program I’ve had the chance to meet brilliant minds in a perfectly designed program to create (or discover) new narratives about one's life and the world we are living in.
I highly recommend joining Al Sharq Youth for all young leaders looking for support, ideas and inspiration to continue their work to change the world.
The Al Sharq Youth conference was an amazing experience and it is an opportunity to meet the future leaders of the world today.
It was a pleasure to meet so many inspiring and committed people at seeking to positively shape our world.
Al Sharq Youth is establishing the ground on which the Al Sharq civilization will once again stand among the nations.
In just a few years since it was launched, Al Sharq Youth has emerged as one of the most dynamic and inventive platforms in the Middle East, the network is contributing to the making of a better future for the youth and all the peoples of the Mashriq.
I was absolutely blown away by the atmosphere at Al Sharq Youth Annual Conference. I felt truly inspired by the attendees and my fellow speakers pushing the boundaries of technology, politics, journalism, art, fashion, and so much more in Al Sharq region and beyond. These are changemakers.
It was refreshing to see so many young and inspiring people in one place. We had long and useful talks in between the panels, decided to work on a new projects and most importantly became friends.
They say the future belongs to those who prepare for it today. The Al Sharq Youth Annual Conference is doing just that, bringing together leaders from the East and the West to engage in critical conversations that are shaping the future for generations to come.
It's amazing to feel like travelling to many places while I am in the same hall, getting to meet some inspiring humans from the East and the West .. feeling small compared by the achievements and the experiences surrounding me. As a traveler, Al Sharq Youth Conference was a rich adventure for me, but this time by only wearing my suit and sitting in the same seat
