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Unemployment on the rise for Egypt's youth

2012-08-27 2 Dailymotion

In Egypt, new government figures show that unemployment among young people has risen since the revolution. <br /><br />More than 20 per cent of youth have no jobs. And for women with university degrees, the figure is more than 55 per cent.<br /><br />Some experts call youth unemployment in the Middle East a ticking time bomb. And among those who are educated and jobless, many say they will emigrate if the situation does not improve. <br /><br />Al Jazeera's Jane Arraf reports from Alexandria.

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