UAE student selected for inaugural Global Youth Council

Emirati student Moza Ahmed, chairperson of Dubai’s first student council, has been selected for the inaugural Global Youth Council Fellowship, where she will represent the UAE among an elite group of youth from around the world.

Moza, currently in the 12th grade at the American School of Creative Science in Nad Al Sheba, was previously elected as the first chairperson of the Dubai Students Council, launched by KHDA under the City of Students initiative within Dubai’s Education 33 (E33) strategy.

The council, established under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, brought together 16 students from 16 private schools across Dubai. 

“The Dubai Students Council gave me a voice, but more importantly, it taught me what that voice can represent," said Moza.

"Today, that journey continues beyond Dubai through my participation in the inaugural Global Youth Council Fellowship, where I will carry the spirit of ‘Dubai-It’ to an international platform,” she added. 

Moza was selected for the fellowship following a highly competitive admissions process. Organisers described her as a young person with strong intellectual curiosity, conviction, and the potential to make a meaningful contribution to the world around her.

As a member of the fellowship’s founding cohort, Moza will help shape the council during its formative stage and lay the foundations for its future work.

The year-long fellowship brings together participants aged 16 to 18 from different countries and cultural backgrounds and focuses on developing leadership, vision, community engagement, communication, and collaboration skills.