Podcast: What does it mean to be young and Arab?

For International Youth Day, Editor in chief Mina Al Oraibi is joined by a few of The National's resident youngsters -- Mina Al Droubi, Juman Jarallah and Naser Alwasmi -- to discuss what it means to be young and Arab in the UAE.

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, 8 AUGUST 2017. Emirati Abdul Aziz (Center) plays with a giant jenga set at the International Youth Day Celebration at the Intercontinental Hotel in Festival City. (Photo: Antonie Robertson/The National) Journalist: Caline Malik. Section: National.
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For International Youth Day, Editor in chief Mina Al Oraibi is joined by a few of The National's resident youngsters -- Mina Al Droubi, Juman Jarallah and Naser Alwasmi -- to discuss what it means to be young and Arab in the UAE.

What are the unique challenges? How can the region do more to create opportunity and harnessing potential. They also discuss their hopes for the future and what International Youth Day means to them.

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