The third edition of the World Youth Forum (WYF) was officially inaugurated on Saturday 14 December at Egypt’s Red Sea resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh.
The forum came to an end on Tuesday, December 17.
The 2019 edition hosted 7,000 young Egyptians and non-Egyptians, as well as a number of other experts, journalists, public figures and officials from around the world.
The opening ceremony, which was inaugurated by Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi also featured speeches from several influential individuals.
The forum began with a speech from Li Yong, Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, who spoke about the importance of youth participation.
Afterwards, a number of young speakers took to the stage, including 12-year-old Egyptian, Zein Youssef, who shared his inspirational story of fighting cancer.
“I embraced a motto in my life that I repeat daily in everything that I do, called NEGU,” said Zein Youssef confidently to the thousands present at the forum.
Zein Youssef was first diagnosed with high-risk stage four neuroblastoma in February 2013 when he was just five-years-old and has defeated cancer four times.
Check out photos from our correspondent who was live at the resort for the forum.
