- 1st edition of competition encourages young talents to spread awareness on leading healthy lives and preventing risky behaviors among youth
Beirut – 6 January, 2021
Mentor Arabia Foundation announces its strategic partnership with Anghami, through which it seeks to use Art and Music as means to empower Arab youth and encourage them to unleash their creativity and innovation.
Moreover, the two parties are launching the first round of the regional initiative entitled, “Youth Empowerment Songs Competition”, which aims at encouraging Arab youth across the world between the age of 18 and 30 years old to produce songs that highlight the opportunities and challenges they are facing and express their views around vital social and humanitarian issues.
The theme of this year’s competition is “Youth Fears & Aspirations” and it aims at:
- Encouraging young talents to spread awareness through their songs
- Spreading a culture of living healthy lives and making sound decisions
- Maximizing youth ambitions, potential and innovation
- Emphasizing the importance of social responsibility among youth
- Providing talented youth with the opportunity to get mentored by specialists
Furthermore, both parties have conveyed their enthusiasm for the competition launch stating: “We are confident that Arab youth have distinct artistic talents and that they will submit creative songs focusing on significant messages and values. We are confident that our strategic partnership will greatly contribute to building a promising, ambitious and innovative young generation.”
The competition Jury is comprised of a number of prominent Arab singers, composers, producers and writers who will be supporting the young talents and selecting the competition winners.
For those who are interested in participating in the competition, please submit your song on www.FilmFreeway.com/YESC no later than February 15, 2021.
Mentor Arabia is a non-profit foundation and the regional branch of Mentor International, which aims at empowering children and youth to prevent them from risky behaviors and lead healthy lives.
Anghami is the leading Music platform in the Middle East, which provides a seamless experience to listen to unlimited music and podcasts on-the-go.