Young Arabs believe that religion is essential to their identity, yet likewise claim that it plays excessive of a role in today's Middle East, according to freshly launched findings from the 2018 ASDA'A BCW Arab Youth Study revealed at an unique German-Arab Relationship Association occasion organized by H. E. Ali Abdulla Al Ahmed, the UAE Ambassador to Germany, at the Embassy of the UAE in Berlin.

Held under the motif Investing in Arab Youth Fostering Responsible Leadership the occasion welcomed greater than 80 recognized guests, consisting of MPs, mediators academics as well as business leaders.

In his opening up statements, H. E. Ali Abdulla Al Ahmed informed assembled visitors: "The UAE is a young country, both in terms of when we were developed, and in regards to our population. As we relocate past our dependancy on our natural bounty of hydrocarbons, it is youth that will certainly be our most significant possession. We are fortunate that, from our earliest days, our leadership has constantly concentrated on the concerns essential to youth, specifically education as well as employment, so our young people today are equipped to encounter the difficulties and opportunities of our future varied economic situation."

He added: Our dedication explains why the UAE is consistently ranked by the Survey as the number one country in which young Arabs would like to live, and would like their own countries to resemble.

New findings from the Study exposed that young people in the Arabian Gulf states are more probable to see religious beliefs as key to their identity, with 89 per cent agreeing with the declaration my religion is central to my identity' compared with 74 per cent of those in the Levant nations, making up Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, as well as the Palestinian Territories. Nevertheless, possibly remarkably provided the significance of faith to their identity, two-thirds (68 percent) of youth in the Gulf Co-operation Council states (GCC) concurred with the declaration 'religion plays also big a duty Middle East' - compared to just 56 percent in the Levant.

Sunil John, creator & Chief Executive Officer of ASDA'A BCW and also President of BCW Middle East, that presented the findings at the occasion at the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Berlin, said: As the only European country to make the top five nations which Arab youth would choose to live in and emulate, the findings from the Arab Youth Survey clearly show an appreciation and recognition of Germany among the regions youth. Whats more ambiguous in this years findings is the attitudes towards religion among young Arabs. Young people across the region clearly believe religion is central to their identity; its interesting, though, that a majority also believe it plays too big a role in defining the region itself.

With the purpose of exploring attitudes and also beliefs of Arab young people across 16 nations in the Middle East as well as North Africa, the ASDA'A BCW Arab Young People Study is a yearly snapshot of the hopes, concerns and also assumptions of the region's essential market - its youth - consisting of exactly how they see their future, the digital transformation as well as the moving mindsets towards the area's good friends as well as adversaries.

The Survey showed that while the UAE is the nation young Arabs would certainly most like to stay in, as well as that which they would most like their country to replicate, Germany ranked fifth in both responses, and also was the only European nation to function in this top 5. The three countries where Germany scored greatest as an aspirational country to stay in were Morocco (23 per cent), Jordan (22 per cent), and Bahrain (21 per cent). Among those looking for their country to emulate Germany were youth responders from the Palestinian Territories (35 per cent), Jordan (19 per cent), and Bahrain (18 per cent).

About the Arab Youth Survey

The yearly ASDA'A BCW Arab Youth Survey is among one of the most important items of research study produced in the Middle East as well as supplies distinct insight into the perspectives as well as desires of the region's greatest demographic. With 65 per cent of the Arab population under the age of 30, supplying public and also private sector organisations with information as well as analysis to educate their decision-making and also plan production is an essential payment to civil discussion across the area. The study is the biggest of its type of the area's youth and also covers the 6 Gulf Teamwork Council states (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and also the UAE), North Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, as well as Tunisia), the Levant (Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon as well as the Palestinian Territories) and also Yemen. The survey did not include Syria as a result of the civil unrest in the nation. You can discover this year's study results under the adhering to link: http://www.arabyouthsurvey.com/findings.html

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