Educated but unemployed: The challenge facing Egypt’s youth (Adel Abdel Ghafar, Brookings)

Millions of Egyptians took to the streets in January 2011 chanting “‘ish, hurriyya, ‘adalah ijtima‘iyya,” or bread, freedom, and social justice. This simple chant captured protestors’ desire for a new Egypt defined by economic, political, and social change. Five years later, however, the attainment of those demands seems more elusive than ever. In the economic sphere, Egypt still faces the major challenge of high unemployment, particularly among educated youth. Why do so many of Egypt’s young university graduates struggle to find employment?

http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2016/07/27-unemployment-in-egypt-ghafar