Youth at FIKR9: Arab Thought Foundation organized a youth workshop entitled "Shaping the Future… Arab Youths’ Role?”, on December 7th, 2010, one day prior to its annual FIKR9 conference. The workshop brought together, Arab youth from different Arab countries along with some of their international counterparts, to discuss and set together, their vision for the future of the Arab world. The youth participants used the Lego Serious play series, as a tool for learning, expressing their ideas, through systematic thinking and collaborative work, in order to put strategies and plans of their futuristic vision in the fields of management, knowledge economy, culture, education, media and arts. The workshop aimed at promoting culture of innovation and social entrepreneurship among the Arab youth, and empowering them to build trust and believe in equality, peace, and human rights. Moreover, the participants emphasized on the importance and development of technological and multimedia tools, such as social and online communities, to exchange ideas and experiences and express themselves; thus encouraging dialogue among the Arab youth and with their international counterparts. One of the youth, made out of the Lego pieces, a model for the "Youth Leadership development Center”. This model was adopted by HRH Prince Khalid Al Faisal, during his visit to the youth workshop, where he promised to keep it and use it as cornerstone of the “Youth Leadership development center” in Jeddah, which is being established to be Beacon of hope for the Future. At the end, the participants agreed on five main and essential requirements that lie behind the success of each initiative. They are:

• Determination and refusal of giving up
• Not to fear failure
• Creativity & innovation
• Self-belief and trust
• Being solution oriented