Ideas taking flight across the Arab world

I walked in curious.I walked out unstoppable.

INJAZ Al-Arab empowers young people across the Arab world with the skills, confidence, and real-world experience to shape what comes next.

A young woman speaking into a microphone at an INJAZ event

INJAZ student — Company Program summit

The movement in numbers

The movement in numbers

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Young people reached

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Programs delivered

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Member nations

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Volunteer mentors

Indicative figures — to be confirmed with the INJAZ Al-Arab team.

One journey

From a spark to regional impact

Every INJAZ story follows the same flight path — and it starts with one young person deciding to try.

  1. A student stepping off the bus at an INJAZ event, wide-eyed
    Spark

    A first, uncertain step

    She arrives not knowing anyone, holding nothing but a half-formed idea and the nerve to show up.

  2. Two INJAZ participants working together on a laptop
    Skills

    Learning by building

    Business models, budgets, prototypes. Mentors from real companies sit beside her while the work takes shape.

  3. A student smiling while speaking into a microphone
    Confidence

    Finding a voice

    The first time she takes the microphone, the room goes quiet — and she keeps going anyway.

  4. A young entrepreneur pitching with a microphone
    Opportunity

    Pitching to the region

    A team, a deck, a stage. Judges, investors, and peers from thirteen countries lean in.

  5. Two students celebrating and running through the hall
    Impact

    Carrying it home

    She leaves with a network, a plan, and a company to build — and comes back as a mentor.

From the INJAZ floor
A large group of students in a discussion circle
Students holding their national flag
A participant adding to the interactive impact wall
Students laughing together at a table
Hands photographing a presentation on stage
Two students applauding beside their flags
A student applauding at the celebration
A delegation circle of students around a flag
Program pillars

Three ways we prepare young people

Participants networking with an INJAZ activity sheet

Work Readiness

Interview practice, workplace skills, and CV coaching with volunteers who hire for a living.

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Two students reviewing work on a laptop

Financial Literacy

Budgeting, saving, and financial decision-making that holds up outside the classroom.

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A mentor guiding a student team around a laptop

Entrepreneurship

Company Program teams build a real venture — from idea to product to regional pitch.

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Regional network

A movement across the Arab world

Thirteen member nations, one network of students, mentors, and partners moving in the same direction.

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Member nations

Saudi Arabia

Alumni

Meet the students already taking off

A student in a blue polo talking with her team on the floor

I joined to add a line to my CV. I left running a company with five people who believe in it.

Lea

Lebanon · Company Program

A student pitching into a microphone

The first pitch terrified me. By the third, I was answering investor questions without notes.

Ali

Egypt · Entrepreneurship

A student holding a microphone at an INJAZ session

My mentor treated me like a colleague, not a kid. That changed how I saw myself at work.

Nour

Jordan · Work Readiness

A young man presenting with a microphone

I taught my whole family what I learned about budgeting. That was the moment it felt real.

Yousef

Bahrain · Financial Literacy

A student asking a question with a microphone

Thirteen countries in one room. You stop thinking locally very quickly.

Salma

Tunisia · Company Program

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Partners

Together, we move youth forward

Corporate, government, and education partners who put their people and resources behind Arab youth.

Mastercard Foundation
Starbucks
Alshaya Group
JA Worldwide
Citi Foundation
PepsiCo
HSBC
Aramex

A selection of partners supporting INJAZ Al-Arab programs across the region.

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Latest from the network

Students holding their national flag at the celebrationEvent

Youth Entrepreneurship Celebration brings 13 nations together

Student companies from across the region pitched to judges, investors, and their peers.

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A participant adding a piece to the interactive impact wallStory

The wall where every student left a mark

An interactive impact wall let participants place their own piece of the region's future.

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A student team working together at a tableReport

What Arab youth say they need next

Findings from our latest cohort on skills, employment, and starting a business.

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Ready to help the next generation take flight?

Mentor a team, back a program, or bring INJAZ to your school. Every path starts with one decision.

Thousands of stories, one mark

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Moments in motion. One unmistakable mark.

This is INJAZ.