(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan yesterday met a group of Injaz Al Arab alumni and entrepreneurs, including from Qatar, during a session celebrating the organization's 10th anniversary.
The meeting, attended by Sean Rush, President and CEO, Junior Achievement Worldwide, the US; Injaz's parent organisation, Soraya Salti, Mena Regional Director, Injaz Al Arab, and Akef Aqrabawi, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Injaz Al Arab, showcased success stories of 14 young entrepreneurs from countries, including Jordan, Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Yemen and Oman.
Queen Rania praised the role of Injaz and stressed the importance of its programmes in providing youth with job opportunities, which is considered to be one of the biggest challenges Arab youth face today.
She also emphasised the importance of featuring Injaz's training courses on Edraak's platform to benefit the highest possible number of Arab youth.
The session featured a short video on Injaz Al Arab's achievements.
Since its launch in Jordan in 2004, the organisation has reached two million students with the support of more than 22,000 volunteers from 14 countries in the Mena region and Pakistan.
Salti said, "We would not be here today without the support of Her Majesty and her belief in our mission to plant the seeds of entrepreneurship and promote it among our youth to encourage self-employment and the creation of more jobs."
Aqrabawi said, "Our students represent the spirit of experimentation and leadership in the Arab world, which is not only essential for creating jobs and offering entrepreneurial opportunities for our youth, but also this spirit is at the core of a youth-led economic renaissance.
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