UAE on top: Arab youth pick emirates over US or UK

For the third consecutive year, the UAE has been named as the country in which most Arab youth would like to live as well as the country they would most like their own nation to emulate.

The youth picked the UAE as their top choice out of an international list of 20 nations, trumping even the US, UK, France and Germany, according to the ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey 2014.

His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, tweeted “The survey covering 16 Arab countries showed that UAE youth are the most optimistic. Positivity has become an integral part of our identity.”

Joseph Ghossoub, chairman and CEO of the Menacom Group, the regional parent company of ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller, said: “The vision and wisdom shown by the UAE’s leadership — with an emphasis on economic diversification, free market reform, technological innovation and investment in human capital — resonate around the world, and clearly continue to strike a chord with Arab youth.”

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UAE on top: Arab youths pick emirates over US or UK