Survey: Young Arabs across Middle East Express High Level of Confidence in Saudi Crown Prince

[The SC]

Wednesday, 9 May, 2018

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense. (Reuters)

A recent poll showed that Arab youth expect Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, to have a bigger impact on the Middle East in the coming decade than any other leader.

Young people across the Middle East also expressed great confidence in the Crown Prince, in addition to a belief in the inevitable defeat of ISIS and radicalism.

According to the 10th annual ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey 2018, young Arabs throughout the Middle East expressed a high level of confidence in the Crown Prince and his leadership, with 63 percent supporting his appointment, 64 percent viewing him as a strong leader, and 59 percent saying he will lead Saudi Arabia in the right direction.

Support for the Crown Prince among Saudi youth is overwhelming, with 91 percent supporting his appointment, 97 percent considering him a strong leader and 90 percent saying he will move the Kingdom in the right direction.

The Arab world is optimistic about the role of Prince Mohammed, said UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation Director General Reem Al Hashemi.

She pointed out that many of the Arab youth expressed their desire to fight corruption in the Arab world and to live a decent life.

Prince Mohammed plays a major role in the fight against corruption, she added.

ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller conducts a comprehensive survey of youth in the Arab world on an annual basis.

This is the tenth edition of this survey, which takes the views and attitudes of Arab youth in 16 Arab countries. It conducted 3,500 personal interviews between January 21 and February 20, 2018, with young men and women belonging to the 18-24 age group.

According to the survey, which was revealed at a conference in Dubai, Arab youth believe the past decade, which has been dominated by so-called Arab Spring uprisings and ISIS atrocities, steered the Middle East away from its normal course. Action must be taken to bring it back on track.

The poll added that Arab youth believe that the action needed to counter radical ideology lies in addressing unemployment, education and counter-corruption and anti-terrorism fields.

The results of the poll also show that Arab youth are confident that an inevitable defeat awaits ISIS ideology.

As Arab youth increasingly rely on social media for news, they consider CNN the most credible source and al-Jazeera as the most misleading.

Asked about Vision 2030, the Saudi-led road map to diversify its economy, 92 percent of Saudi youth said they were confident the plan would succeed in securing the future of the Kingdom’s economy.

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[war&peace]

 

[El Sidd]

It is good that Arabs have a young leader they can look up to. Hariris Kid never shone.

 

[HamWatan]

Good number of Arabs from Gulf states i.e unimpressive non-states created for servility and subservience to Western policy. I'll never get why Pakistanis seem to think all Arabs are a monolithic group. MbS is an idiot by the way, the way he and Jared Kushner personally oversaw the alienation of Qatar and its subsequent move toward Iran, Russia and Turkey was hilarious. Saudis are a crude bunch of deplorables.

 

[somebozo]

Many of his policies have a long way to go before they bear fruit..but at-least he got the Saudis from their lazy slumber and ended all subsidies to force them into work..

 

[nadeemkhan110]

Good to see an Arab young leader who wants to make Saudi Arab just like Europe.
But why is he ignoring Palestinian and other Muslims like Kashmiris and start loving their enemies

 

[HamWatan]

'Why is a Western puppet state that's always backed Western policy not doing anything for Kashmir/Palestine?'

Question of the century.

 

[Falcon29]

He is a leader of his country and can't influence domestic matters in other Arab country's. So this survey is a bogus fabrication from the UAE. Saudi's like him that's for sure.

Seems like this survey is just UAE worried about the people in the region who rebel or revolt. Of course primarily Sunni's and no worry about Iran or Shia militias or anything. As for ISIS it is led by people who work in tandem with those forces that wish to prevent change for the region. And it has successfully made anyone who considers even protesting in favor of better policies or in favor of Sunni Islam appear like a vicious backwards monster.

 

[The SC]

Good to see an Arab young leader who wants to make Saudi Arab just like Europe.
But why is he ignoring Palestinian and other Muslims like Kashmiris and start loving their enemies

Well, God said..one should start with himself before attempting to help others..You can be sure that if KSA or any other Muslim country was a world power.. it would have addressed those issues much differently..

Someone or something died?

He is a leader of his country and can't influence domestic matters in other Arab country's. So this survey is a bogus fabrication from the UAE. Saudi's like him that's for sure.

Seems like this survey is just UAE worried about the people in the region who rebel or revolt. Of course primarily Sunni's and no worry about Iran or Shia militias or anything. As for ISIS it is led by people who work in tandem with those forces that wish to prevent change for the region. And it has successfully made anyone who considers even protesting in favor of better policies or in favor of Sunni Islam appear like a vicious backwards monster.

"This is the tenth edition of this survey, which takes the views and attitudes of Arab youth in 16 Arab countries. It conducted 3,500 personal interviews between January 21 and February 20, 2018, with young men and women belonging to the 18-24 age group."

 

[jamal18]

'Why is a Western puppet state that's always backed Western policy not doing anything for Kashmir/Palestine?'

Question of the century.

I will always love a good sense of humor.

 

[Falcon29]

"This is the tenth edition of this survey, which takes the views and attitudes of Arab youth in 16 Arab countries. It conducted 3,500 personal interviews between January 21 and February 20, 2018, with young men and women belonging to the 18-24 age group."

You and I know it is definitely not representative of peoples sentiments and it is conducted by totalitarian government of UAE which has its biases that can easily be observed by the questioning.

 

[war&peace]

Someone or something died?

logic and sharm-o-haya

 

[The SC]

You and I know it is definitely not representative of peoples sentiments and it is conducted by totalitarian government of UAE which has its biases that can easily be observed by the questioning.

Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey 2018..it looks quite legitimate.. and why the UAE would want to lie about it.. I can't see the reason(s).. and besides all of that.. this covers only the 18 - 24 years old bracket..

 

[HamWatan]

It's weird how you'll mostly only find Pakistanis and Bangladeshis i.e the demographic most spat on and mistreated in KSA suck up to them despite them being Israeli/US stooges. Awkward.

 

[HannibalBarca]

Few Interesting way of Words...
"So Called Arab Spring"- Last Time I check the Arab Spring, it was 50/50 success for the ME... (TN-Sissi-KSA Jordan Morocco reforms)
"Survey of ARAB YOUTH" Will be curious to see who are those "Youth"...
"CNN good AJ bad"... Lol... The only watchers to CNN arab is the few countries in GCC...

Anyway... it's Aawsat afterall...