A Social Entrepreneur’s Perspective On Power

Soraya Salti, senior vice president MENA of INJAZ Al-Arab, gives “A Social Entrepreneur’s Perspective on Power,” at the Skoll World Forum 2009. She says we have drifted far from the days when education and learning was critical. “The education systems across the Arab world have failed its youth,” she said.

With: Soraya Salti
from mankind's mind. And how far we have drifted from that first moment where education and learning video that you showed us, that we exported the golden age of Islam and imported an archaic education system from the industrial revolution. So I don't know, you thank me and I..... So the golden age of Islam was truly, I mean, we must go back to it to understand what was happening ; it was a period where people from different religions from different cultures were coming together, to move humanity foward, and today we have an education system that is forcing memorization, that governments see that education is the sole responsibility of government.

And that the youth are there just to memorize, take exams, and as you mentioned, completely isolated from the ability to even think about the issues that surround their communities, and surround their countries, from water issues in our region where every expatiate was going there to make their money, 32% unemployment among it's use.

And in 9 oil producing countries, Algeria 4 what do we do? Bookings institute and politically mobilize the youth of the Arab world will be the ones that will win in the end. Is it going to be government or is it going to be the Helped us from inception and realized the importance of investing in news she volunteered in our classrooms and role the private sectors to follow and she invited them to all to follow.

It's the 1st century it's a bad time isn't it? Under glorious skills financial literacy works for readiness and with complete passion. Twelve ministries of Education have opened their doors. Arab world, invest in the Arab world. Just send your staff into a nearby school and with that we launch our road to reach one million Arab youth each year.

Every semester business leaders send their staff into local The next county Augustine they really took on to it as there is and that's the proof their society to their families the you work that you keep pace the Earth and sole of the earth first be idealist to become a stranger on to the seasons and to step out
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