Voices of Future Generations for the Middle East Region

Voices of Future Generations for the Middle East Region (VoFG Arabia, Arabic: أصوات أجيال المستقبل) is a writing initiative that promotes sustainability and the United Nations convention on the Rights of the Child. Sheikha Hissa Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum is the Goodwill Ambassador of this initiative. In 2014, VoFG was launched internationally, whereas the launch of the Voices of Future Generations for the Middle East region was in 2019. The initiative organizes a writing competition for students aging between 8 and 12 years, which encourages young writers to incorporate the Sustainable Development Goals and the United Nations convention on the Rights of the Child into their stories.
Child Author and Ambassador
Ambassador
The Voices of Future Generations (VoFG) programme, under the patronage of UNESCO, appointed Sheikah Hissa bint Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum as a Goodwill Ambassador for the Gulf Region. Whereas the Emirates Literature Foundation confirmed as consultants for the project for the next five years.
Child Authors
Round 1 Winners
English
Saira Thomas (First Place)
Sashini Manikandan (Second Place)
Shahid Fayis (Third Place)
Hazza Mohamed Rashed Al Ameri
Meghna Senthil Kumar
Ioana Teodorova Stefanova
Abrar Ahmed Sirohey
Mir Faraz
Aditi Gandhi
Joshua Melwin
Arabic
Saoud Ahmad Salem Alkabi (First Place)
Abdulkarim Ghazal (Second Place)
Ahmed Ismail Zindah (Third Place)
Nour Ahmed Alkhatib
Ward Wissam AlHalabi
Al Yaziah Salah Al Din Khamis Hilal Al Kaabi
Matra Ibrahim Salem Fairouz
Aamna Hamad Salem Obaid Saif Al Suwaidi
Lama Ehab Almousa
Suhaila Abdelhaleem Mansour
Round 2 Winners
English
Abrar Ahmed Sirohey (First Place)
Kripa Dixit (Second Place)
Inayah Fathima Faeez (Third Place)
Diniru Sathnidu Dissanayake
Mirana Gabin Mathew
Danial Petric
Mara Machado-Mullet
Jaivardhan Manish Nawani
Shaivi Kalwani
Ethan Dsouza
Advay Saravana Kumar
Arabic
Abdulla Ismail Abushabab (First Place)
Seba Awadh Mohammed Almusad (Second Place)
Mezna Najeeb (Third Place)
Hassan Nidal Hassam Awad
Hazza Ali Salem Mohamed Al Yileili
Mariam Eslam Mostafa Kandiel
Abdullah Mohammad Abdullah Alrabab'ah
Maktom Salim Khamis Salim Almazrouei
Aamna Hamad Salem Obaid Saif Al Suwaidi
Salim Ahmed Salim Alkaabi
Hania Asaad Sherif
Round 3 Winners
Inayah Faeez
Inaya Danish Zaidi
Mohammed Siddiqui
Nourah Alnaqbi
Rodina Badr
AbdulKareem Ghazal
Shaurya Chakravarty
Mariam Kandiel
Chris Stanley
Aisha AlKhayyal
Alex Abernethy
Hamad Alblooshi
Sana Priyadharshini
Zein Al Jundi
Advika Gupta
Khalid Alnaqbi
Siddharth Vachali
Mohamed Alzeyoudi
Sanvika Sandeep
Tala Alhajeh
Sadeen AlAqra
Illustrators
Round 1
Haifa Malhas
Aisha Hilal
Alya Abdelrahim AlHamadi
Ari Puguh
Asma Enayeh
Asmaa Alhosan
Aysha Al Hamrani
Dina Fawakhiri
Khadija Al Saeedi
Khulood Ghuloom Aljana
Nouf Alismail
Sanaa Al Maktoum
Sarah Mohamed Hammad
Stacey Siebritz
Sura Ghazwan
Abdul Jabbar
Tarfa Khalid
Tasneem Amiruddin
Wafa Ibrahim
Round 2
Tarfa Khalid
Ari Puguh
Alya Abdelrahim AlHamadi
Asmaa Alhosani
Khadija Al Saeedi
Sanaa Al Maktoum
Khulood Ghuloom Aljanahi
Sarah Mohamed Hammad
Tasneem Amiruddin
Sura Ghazwan Abdul Jabbar
Stacey Siebritz
Aisha Hilal
Aysha Al Hamrani
Dina Fawakhiri
Ayesha Almheiri
Maryah Al Rashed
Zainab Khaleel
Basma Hosam
Maitha Al Khayat
Noha Gmal
Marion Battaglia
Esraa Magdy Gaber
Round 3
Khadija Alsaeedi
Aysha Al Hamrani
Zainab Khaleel
Basma Hosam
Sarah Mohamed Hammad
Marion Battaglia
Tasneem Amiruddin
Noha Atta
Basma Hosam
Ari Puguh
Sura Ghazwan
Sadie Sulaiman
Alia Al Hammadi
Fatima Raza
Stacey Siebritz
Wafa Ibrahim Rashid Ali
Dina Fawakhiri
Khalid Mezaina
Nivea Serrao
Khulood Ghuloom Mohammed Hassan Aljanaahi
Maryah Al Rashed
Publications
Young Voices of Arabia (the 2020 collection), the Emirates literature Foundation, 2020 (EN)
Young Voices of Arabia (the 2020 collection) (original title: أصوات شابة من شبه الجزيرة العربية), the Emirates Literature Foundation, 2020
Young Voices of Arabic (the 2021 collection), ELF Publishing, 2021 (EN)
Young Voices of Arabic (the 2022 collection), ELF Publishing, 2022 (EN)
References
2019 establishments in the United Arab Emirates
International sustainability organizations
2019 in the United Arab Emirates