“Tashkĩl Al Sharq: From Vision to Action”
12 & 13 Dec
2025
Istanbul ,
Türkiye
Istanbul ,
Türkiye
Al Sharq Youth Conference
Welcome to the Al Sharq Youth 9th International Conference 2025, themed
“Tashkĩl Al Sharq: From Vision to Action”.
Welcome to the Al Sharq Youth 9th International Conference 2025, themed
“Tashkĩl Al Sharq: From Vision to Action”.
In a time of accelerated global shifts, this conference emerges as a strategic space for charting a new course for the Muslim world, anchored in integration, shared agency, and practical imagination. We invite youth, thought leaders, and institutions to move beyond critique and toward co-designing a cohesive future that is prosperous, just, and strategically relevant. Our vision is to create a collective and actionable framework for an aggregated future for the Muslim world through imaginative inspiration, transformative creativity, strategic collaboration, and practical action.
Join us as we turn vision into action and pave the way for a cohesive and empowered Muslim world.
In a time of accelerated global shifts, this conference emerges as a strategic space for charting a new course for the Muslim world, anchored in integration, shared agency, and practical imagination. We invite youth, thought leaders, and institutions to move beyond critique and toward co-designing a cohesive future that is prosperous, just, and strategically relevant. Our vision is to create a collective and actionable framework for an aggregated future for the Muslim world through imaginative inspiration, transformative creativity, strategic collaboration, and practical action.
Join us as we turn vision into action and pave the way for a cohesive and empowered Muslim world.
In a time of accelerated global shifts, this conference emerges as a strategic space for charting a new course for the Muslim world, anchored in integration, shared agency, and practical imagination. We invite youth, thought leaders, and institutions to move beyond critique and toward co-designing a cohesive future that is prosperous, just, and strategically relevant. Our vision is to create a collective and actionable framework for an aggregated future for the Muslim world through imaginative inspiration, transformative creativity, strategic collaboration, and practical action.
Join us as we turn vision into action and pave the way for a cohesive and empowered Muslim world.
Our Journey
Our Journey
Our Journey
Your Experience
Your Experience
Your Experience
Inspiration
Expanding Horizons and Strategic Awareness
Spaces designed to expose participants to high-level thinking, bold narratives, and visionary discourse.
Main Stage Sessions
Masterclasses & Skill Labs
Tea Time Sessions
Creative Fusion Corners
Experts Clinic
01
Inspiration
02
Ideation
03
Curation & Action
01
Inspiration
Inspiration
Expanding Horizons and Strategic Awareness
Spaces designed to expose participants to high-level thinking, bold narratives, and visionary discourse.
Main Stage Sessions
Masterclasses & Skill Labs
Tea Time Sessions
Creative Fusion Corners
Experts Clinic
02
Ideation
Ideation
Challenging Assumptions and Co-Creating Possibilities
Spaces that enable dialogue, idea generation, and the refinement of visions through exchange and synthesis.
Roundtables for Action
Debates & Crossfire Dialogues
Collaborative Spaces
03
Curation & Action
Curation & Action
Creating, Prototyping, and Strategizing
Spaces dedicated to building, simulating, and strategizing real-world solutions.
Simulation Spaces
Closed Strategy Sessions
Impact Activation Booths
Curation labs
01
Inspiration
Inspiration
Expanding Horizons and Strategic Awareness
Spaces designed to expose participants to high-level thinking, bold narratives, and visionary discourse.
Main Stage Sessions
Masterclasses & Skill Labs
Tea Time Sessions
Creative Fusion Corners
Experts Clinic
02
Ideation
Ideation
Challenging Assumptions and Co-Creating Possibilities
Spaces that enable dialogue, idea generation, and the refinement of visions through exchange and synthesis.
Roundtables for Action
Debates & Crossfire Dialogues
Collaborative Spaces
03
Curation & Action
Curation & Action
Creating, Prototyping, and Strategizing
Spaces dedicated to building, simulating, and strategizing real-world solutions.
Simulation Spaces
Closed Strategy Sessions
Impact Activation Booths
Curation labs
CONFERENCES
CONFERENCES
CONFERENCES
GLOBAL ATTENDEES
GLOBAL ATTENDEES
GLOBAL ATTENDEES
SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS
COUNTRIES REPRESENTED
COUNTRIES REPRESENTED
COUNTRIES REPRESENTED
Areas of Action
Areas of Action
Areas of Action
Geopolitical Positioning & Strategic Sovereignty
Reclaiming the region’s ability to shape its own future through unified positioning in global affairs. This includes crafting a regional strategic doctrine, building policy influence, and forming cross-border alliances that reduce dependency and assert agency in a multipolar world.
Geopolitical Positioning & Strategic Sovereignty
Reclaiming the region’s ability to shape its own future through unified positioning in global affairs. This includes crafting a regional strategic doctrine, building policy influence, and forming cross-border alliances that reduce dependency and assert agency in a multipolar world.
Geopolitical Positioning & Strategic Sovereignty
Reclaiming the region’s ability to shape its own future through unified positioning in global affairs. This includes crafting a regional strategic doctrine, building policy influence, and forming cross-border alliances that reduce dependency and assert agency in a multipolar world.
Economic Reimagining & Regional Resilience
Designing new economic models grounded in justice, cooperation, and shared prosperity. This spans Islamic economic integration, social entrepreneurship, alternative finance, and building infrastructure that enables regional interdependence.
Economic Reimagining & Regional Resilience
Designing new economic models grounded in justice, cooperation, and shared prosperity. This spans Islamic economic integration, social entrepreneurship, alternative finance, and building infrastructure that enables regional interdependence.
Economic Reimagining & Regional Resilience
Designing new economic models grounded in justice, cooperation, and shared prosperity. This spans Islamic economic integration, social entrepreneurship, alternative finance, and building infrastructure that enables regional interdependence.
Innovation Frontiers & Ethical Disruption
Harnessing science, technology, and frontier innovation (AI, biotech, renewable energy) not only for competitiveness, but for principled leadership in global transitions. This includes creating knowledge ecosystems that serve both advancement and equity.
Innovation Frontiers & Ethical Disruption
Harnessing science, technology, and frontier innovation (AI, biotech, renewable energy) not only for competitiveness, but for principled leadership in global transitions. This includes creating knowledge ecosystems that serve both advancement and equity.
Innovation Frontiers & Ethical Disruption
Harnessing science, technology, and frontier innovation (AI, biotech, renewable energy) not only for competitiveness, but for principled leadership in global transitions. This includes creating knowledge ecosystems that serve both advancement and equity.
Identity & Social Fabric Renewal
Reviving collective identity while embracing pluralism through cultural, social, and civic engagement. This domain builds emotional unity, social cohesion, and transnational solidarity, critical for rebuilding trust and belonging across diverse communities.
Identity & Social Fabric Renewal
Reviving collective identity while embracing pluralism through cultural, social, and civic engagement. This domain builds emotional unity, social cohesion, and transnational solidarity, critical for rebuilding trust and belonging across diverse communities.
Identity & Social Fabric Renewal
Reviving collective identity while embracing pluralism through cultural, social, and civic engagement. This domain builds emotional unity, social cohesion, and transnational solidarity, critical for rebuilding trust and belonging across diverse communities.
Narrative Power & Movement Infrastructure
Centering media, storytelling, and civil society as tools of influence and transformation. This includes shaping global perceptions, amplifying youth voices, and building agile civic ecosystems capable of sparking change across borders.
Narrative Power & Movement Infrastructure
Centering media, storytelling, and civil society as tools of influence and transformation. This includes shaping global perceptions, amplifying youth voices, and building agile civic ecosystems capable of sparking change across borders.
Narrative Power & Movement Infrastructure
Centering media, storytelling, and civil society as tools of influence and transformation. This includes shaping global perceptions, amplifying youth voices, and building agile civic ecosystems capable of sparking change across borders.
Speakers
Speakers
Speakers
Wadah Khanfar
President of Al Sharq Forum.
Wadah Khanfar
President of Al Sharq Forum.
Wadah Khanfar
President of Al Sharq Forum.
Omar Sulaiman
An American Islamic Scholar and Civil Rights Activist
Omar Sulaiman
An American Islamic Scholar and Civil Rights Activist
Omar Sulaiman
An American Islamic Scholar and Civil Rights Activist
Hakan Fidan
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye
Hakan Fidan
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye
Hakan Fidan
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye
Muhammad al-Mukhtar al-Shinqiti
Associate professor of International Affairs at Qatar University
Muhammad al-Mukhtar al-Shinqiti
Associate professor of International Affairs at Qatar University
Muhammad al-Mukhtar al-Shinqiti
Associate professor of International Affairs at Qatar University
Nael Albargouthi
Prominent Palestinian freedom fighter and the longest-held political prisoner in the world
Nael Albargouthi
Prominent Palestinian freedom fighter and the longest-held political prisoner in the world
Nael Albargouthi
Prominent Palestinian freedom fighter and the longest-held political prisoner in the world
Yusuf Omar
Co founder and CEO of Seen TV
Yusuf Omar
Co founder and CEO of Seen TV
Yusuf Omar
Co founder and CEO of Seen TV
Joseph Massad
Professor of Modern Arab Politics, Columbia University
Joseph Massad
Professor of Modern Arab Politics, Columbia University
Joseph Massad
Professor of Modern Arab Politics, Columbia University
Muhammad Jalal
Host of The Thinking Muslim podcast
Muhammad Jalal
Host of The Thinking Muslim podcast
Muhammad Jalal
Host of The Thinking Muslim podcast
Zaid Jaloudi
President of the Global Students for Palestine Network (GSPN)
Zaid Jaloudi
President of the Global Students for Palestine Network (GSPN)
Zaid Jaloudi
President of the Global Students for Palestine Network (GSPN)
Youssef Chouhoud
Associate Professor, Christopher Newport University
Youssef Chouhoud
Associate Professor, Christopher Newport University
Youssef Chouhoud
Associate Professor, Christopher Newport University
Alaa Alkhalaila
Content Creator
Alaa Alkhalaila
Content Creator
Alaa Alkhalaila
Content Creator
Yaqeen Sikander
Psychotherapist & Mental Health Advocate.
Yaqeen Sikander
Psychotherapist & Mental Health Advocate.
Yaqeen Sikander
Psychotherapist & Mental Health Advocate.
Khalid El Awaisi
Associate Professor, Ankara Social Sciences University
Khalid El Awaisi
Associate Professor, Ankara Social Sciences University
Khalid El Awaisi
Associate Professor, Ankara Social Sciences University
Rana Dajani
Professor of Molecular Cell Biology & Social Entrepreneur.
Rana Dajani
Professor of Molecular Cell Biology & Social Entrepreneur.
Rana Dajani
Professor of Molecular Cell Biology & Social Entrepreneur.
Tarik Youssef
Senior Fellow and Advisor, Middle East Council on Global Affairs
Tarik Youssef
Senior Fellow and Advisor, Middle East Council on Global Affairs
Tarik Youssef
Senior Fellow and Advisor, Middle East Council on Global Affairs
Mehmet Atusay
Professor of Islamic Political Economy at Durham University
Mehmet Atusay
Professor of Islamic Political Economy at Durham University
Mehmet Atusay
Professor of Islamic Political Economy at Durham University
Fadi Zatari
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations at IZU.
Fadi Zatari
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations at IZU.
Fadi Zatari
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations at IZU.
Tayab Ali
Partner at Bindmans LLP, Director of ICJP
Tayab Ali
Partner at Bindmans LLP, Director of ICJP
Tayab Ali
Partner at Bindmans LLP, Director of ICJP
Emad Shahin
Professor and Former Dean Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Emad Shahin
Professor and Former Dean Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Emad Shahin
Professor and Former Dean Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Zahid Mahmood
Co-founder of Anterior
Zahid Mahmood
Co-founder of Anterior
Zahid Mahmood
Co-founder of Anterior
Hasan Abo-Shally
CEO of GoodDeeds and Chairman of Hasoub
Hasan Abo-Shally
CEO of GoodDeeds and Chairman of Hasoub
Hasan Abo-Shally
CEO of GoodDeeds and Chairman of Hasoub
Asim Qureshi
Research Director at CAGE
Asim Qureshi
Research Director at CAGE
Asim Qureshi
Research Director at CAGE
Abdul Samad Khan
Founder & CEO of Youth Impact
Abdul Samad Khan
Founder & CEO of Youth Impact
Abdul Samad Khan
Founder & CEO of Youth Impact
Leanne Mohamad
Activist & Community Organiser.
Leanne Mohamad
Activist & Community Organiser.
Leanne Mohamad
Activist & Community Organiser.
RIyaad Minty
Founder of N6B & former Director of Digital at TRT
RIyaad Minty
Founder of N6B & former Director of Digital at TRT
RIyaad Minty
Founder of N6B & former Director of Digital at TRT
Kamran Kiyani
Co-Founder & CEO of Zaheen Systems.
Kamran Kiyani
Co-Founder & CEO of Zaheen Systems.
Kamran Kiyani
Co-Founder & CEO of Zaheen Systems.
Previous Speakers
Previous Speakers
Previous Speakers
Ibrahim KALIN
Rachel Anne SIBLEY
Mohammed Kazzaz
Tarik YOUSEF
Majid-Al-Ansari
John KEANE
Rümeysa KADAK
Mahathir MOHAMED
AL ANESTY
Dalia MOGAHED
Rana DAJANI
Anwar IBRAHIM
Omar ALSHOGRE
Gülden SÖNMEZ
Yavuz YIĞIT
Comfort ERO
Dr. Rouba MHAISSEN
HEBA RAOUF EZZAT
Maszlee Malik
Dr. Mehmet KASAPOĞLU
Dr. Mehmet ASUTAY
Prof. Dr. Abdullah ALSHAYII
Agenda
Day 1
Day 2
Main Stage
Focused Sessions
8:00
9:45
Registration & Arrival
10:00
10:10
Quranic recitation
10:00
10:10
Alsharq Youth Promo Video
10:10
10:20
Keynote
10:20
10:30
Keynote
Wadah Khanfar
10:35
10:45
Keynote
10:50
11:00
Keynote
11:05
11:20
Keynote
Nael Albargouthi
11:25
11:40
Spotlight
A Mandate for Unity
Rana Dajani
11:45
12:00
Spotlight
Futures Yet Unwritten
Alaa Alkhalaila
12:00
12:50
Panel
Intergenerational Panel - Claiming the Future: The Responsibility of Generations
Leanne Mohamad
Fadi Zatari
Kamran Kiyani
Emad Shahin
12:55
2:45
Lunch Break
2:50
3:05
Spotlight
The Ummah: United in Action
Tayab Ali
3:10
3:25
Spotlight
Shared Prosperity, Shared Power
Tarik Youssef
3:30
3:45
Spotlight
Soft Power in Action
Youssef Chouhoud
Day 1
Day 2
Main Stage
Focused Sessions
8:00
9:45
Registration & Arrival
10:00
10:10
Quranic recitation
10:00
10:10
Alsharq Youth Promo Video
10:10
10:20
Keynote
10:20
10:30
Keynote
Wadah Khanfar
10:35
10:45
Keynote
10:50
11:00
Keynote
11:05
11:20
Keynote
Nael Albargouthi
11:25
11:40
Spotlight
A Mandate for Unity
Rana Dajani
11:45
12:00
Spotlight
Futures Yet Unwritten
Alaa Alkhalaila
12:00
12:50
Panel
Intergenerational Panel - Claiming the Future: The Responsibility of Generations
Leanne Mohamad
Fadi Zatari
Kamran Kiyani
Emad Shahin
12:55
2:45
Lunch Break
2:50
3:05
Spotlight
The Ummah: United in Action
Tayab Ali
3:10
3:25
Spotlight
Shared Prosperity, Shared Power
Tarik Youssef
3:30
3:45
Spotlight
Soft Power in Action
Youssef Chouhoud
Day 1
Day 2
Main Stage
Focused Sessions
8:00
9:45
Registration & Arrival
10:00
10:10
Quranic recitation
10:00
10:10
Alsharq Youth Promo Video
10:10
10:20
Keynote
10:20
10:30
Keynote
Wadah Khanfar
10:35
10:45
Keynote
10:50
11:00
Keynote
11:05
11:20
Keynote
Nael Albargouthi
11:25
11:40
Spotlight
A Mandate for Unity
Rana Dajani
11:45
12:00
Spotlight
Futures Yet Unwritten
Alaa Alkhalaila
12:00
12:50
Panel
Intergenerational Panel - Claiming the Future: The Responsibility of Generations
Leanne Mohamad
Fadi Zatari
Kamran Kiyani
Emad Shahin
12:55
2:45
Lunch Break
2:50
3:05
Spotlight
The Ummah: United in Action
Tayab Ali
3:10
3:25
Spotlight
Shared Prosperity, Shared Power
Tarik Youssef
3:30
3:45
Spotlight
Soft Power in Action
Youssef Chouhoud
Our Partners
Our Partners
Our Partners
How Last Years Looked
How Last Years Looked
How Last Years Looked
FAQs
What is AlSharq Youth?
Al Sharq Youth is a network of committed and active youth, leading change towards a more inclusive and just world. We are a community of 6,000 members in 7 regions working together to address global challenges, integrated with local grassroots priorities through programs, special projects, and activities aligned with grounded values and principles.
What is AlSharq Youth?
Al Sharq Youth is a network of committed and active youth, leading change towards a more inclusive and just world. We are a community of 6,000 members in 7 regions working together to address global challenges, integrated with local grassroots priorities through programs, special projects, and activities aligned with grounded values and principles.
What is AlSharq Youth?
Al Sharq Youth is a network of committed and active youth, leading change towards a more inclusive and just world. We are a community of 6,000 members in 7 regions working together to address global challenges, integrated with local grassroots priorities through programs, special projects, and activities aligned with grounded values and principles.
What is the theme and scope of the conference?
What is the theme and scope of the conference?
What is the theme and scope of the conference?
Where and when will the conference be held?
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Why is there an application form?
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Will applying to the conference mean that everyone will be accepted?
Will applying to the conference mean that everyone will be accepted?
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When will registrations close?
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How can I register for masterclasses, expert clinics, and curation labs?
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Venue
Venue
Venue
Pullman Istanbul Hotel & Convention Center
