Bahrain Youth Society member Mahmoud Al-Balooshi has been selected as Arab Thought Ambassador. His Royal Highness Prince Bandar bin Khalid Al-Faisal honoured him on the sidelines of the Arab Thought Conference 2011, being held in Dubai, the UAE. Princes, ministers and prominent personalities attended the landmark pan-Arab event. Mahmoud Al-Balouchi has thus become the second Bahraini to be awarded this Arab honour. Bahrain Youth Society and Arab Youth Society chairman Ali Hussain Sharafi was selected as Arab Youth Thought Ambassador in 2010.