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كجزء من جهودها لتقديم المزيد من الموارد والمعلومات المتاحة باللغة العربية ، قامت مبادرة شباب الشرق الأوسط في الآونة الأخيرة بتحديث صفحتها العربية مع ترجمة محتويات جديدة. وهذا يتضمن ملخصات تنفيذية لعدد من ورقات عمل المبادرة. و في الأشهر القليلة المقبلة ، تأمل في إصدار مزيد من الترجمات العربية من ورقات وتقارير

The 2010 Egypt Human Development Report (HDR) has been released and focuses specifically on the importance of youth in Egypt's economic, social and political development. The report, "Youth in Egypt: Building our Future", features a chapter by MEYI nonresident senior fellow Ragui Assaad on human development and labor markets, which investigates transitions into employment for Egyptian youth as well as the skills gap between education and employment and the occupational outlook facing young people today.

Experts from the Middle East Youth Initiative network and partners met on June 13 and 14 to identify new priorities in youth research and policy in the Middle East. The meeting was hosted by the Wolfensohn Center for Development at Brookings, the Dubai School of Government, and the Development Research Centre at the Syria Trust for Development.

The Middle East Youth Initiative has released a new online interactive map with key statistics on youth-related issues for all 18 Middle East countries, based on analysis by Samantha Constant and Mary Kraetsch. The map includes key statistics related to each country’s economy, demographics, education and youth employment status.

Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Edward Sayre, Christine Binzel and Daniel Egel participated in a youth-focused panel at the 2010 Dubai Initiative Conference at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

On January 15, the Middle East Youth Initiative and the New America Foundation hosted a discussion to analyze the prospects for young people growing up in the Palestinian territories, where nearly three-quarters of the population is under the age of 29.

International attention has turned to Yemen and its fight against terrorism. Middle East Youth Initiative research points to the country's more deep-rooted challenges: including natural resource scarcities, persistently high fertility rates, and poor economic prospects for youth aged 15 to 29, who comprise 30 percent of the population.

On November 15, MEYI scholar Djavad Salehi-Isfahani delivered a presentation on human capital development in the Middle East at the 3rd annual Harvard Arab Weekend. The conference covered a wide range of themes of relevance to the Arab world today, including: social media, international trade and development, energy and sustainability, and entrepreneurship.

The Dubai School of Government and the Wolfensohn Center for Development at Brookings hosted a panel discussion on November 9 on the occasion of the release of their new edited book, Generation in Waiting: The Unfulfilled Promise of Young People in the Middle East (Brookings Institution Press, 2009), illuminating the complex issues facing Middle Eastern youth.

On October 1, Tarik Yousef delivered remarks at the 6th UNESCO Youth Forum in Paris during the plenary session: "Investing out of the crisis: towards a partnership between UNESCO and youth organizations.”