“The Story” is the First Arab Forum for the Dierently Abled People, entitled “Inspirational stories to bring about actual development and
empower dierently abled people”, will be held on 12 December 2018 in Cairo, as a platform for the dierently abled people to share their
ideas and success stories in the various social, sports, economic and cultural elds. The forum will also host the global and regional
dierently abled champions. The forum will be held in the Arab Republic of Egypt this year to celebrate 2018 as the dierently abled people
year.
“The Story” is the rst interactive platform to share and shed light on the successes of the dierently abled people in the Arab world, where
they can freely express themselves and their abilities to overcome obstacles, meet challenges, share their vision with the whole community
and build a brighter future; thus, making them more powerful and inspiring, which in turn will be positively reected on the whole society
through their participation in the development process.
“The Story” is aiming to create a state of interaction between the dierently abled people and the community, through a serious dialogue
between the government representatives, business community, civil society, experts and those interested in reaching a clear vision, which is
drawn based on the actual needs of the gifted people.
“The Story” also seeks to change how the dierently abled people are stereotyped in the community and spread awareness that disability
does not prevent creativity, as well as granting the gifted people the honor they deserve publicly.