This chapter by Hesham Sallam examines how Sisi's regime has used state-sponsored youth empowerment initiatives to construct a new model of managed political participation in Egypt since 2014. Rather than relying on traditional tools of controlled contestation such as elections and parliamentary politics, the regime has built alternative, more easily controlled spaces to project an image of inclusive policymaking, epitomized by what the author terms the "New Youth Project." Situating this shift within a broader regional pattern of declining interest in conventional participatory façades since the Arab Uprisings, the chapter argues that Egypt's approach also reflects distinct local dynamics: militarizing civilian politics, sidelining established political elites, and cultivating an image of modernity and reform for international audiences.