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Article: BBC Arabic inspired to focus on youth issues
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- Al Bawaba
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
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BBC Arabic has been inspired by the success of its Your future who
decides it? events in Egypt, Jordan, Sudan, West Bank and Syria which
encouraged debate around a range of national and social issues
relevant in the lives of young people.
Head of BBC Arabic, Hosam Sokkari said the five-week radio and
online campaign showed that there is a huge hunger for content
focused on the youth in the Arab world:
"Your future who decides it? tapped into the lives of young Arabic
speakers in the Middle East and North Africa. It went to the places
where young people meet and mingle, to interact with them on their
own terms and engage them in discussions that touch on their lives.
We have been inspired ...