Moroccan video project puts Arab success front and center

As a teenager, were you inspired by an Arab entrepreneur, athlete or artist? Probably not since very few are known to the public. This is a problem because without role models to follow, teenagers and young adults tend to think that success is not possible in the Arab world. And yet, many Arabs excel at what they’re doing and have stories as impressive as their successes.

Hamza Chraibi created Arab Excellence in January 2013 to spotlight models of excellence and achievement and prove to young Arabs that success is indeed possible in the region.

“The words ‘success and achievement’ have to become ordinary in the Arab youths’ minds so that more take initiatives and risks,” he says.

To do so, the association produces video interviews of successful entrepreneurs. The team then broadcasts those videos to young Arabs to convince them they, too, can do it.

Original article by Aline Mayard

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Moroccan video project puts Arab success front and center