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Morocco unemployment: A dark spot in an otherwise promising economy

Around 16 million young Moroccans are unemployed, costing the economy $12bn a year amid an uneven rebound that is fuelling outward migration. The upcoming budget will focus on this issue.

Mohamed Sharki 23 October 2024
A stuttering post-pandemic economy in Morocco has led to high unemployment, especially among graduates leaving an education system which needs to better equip them for an evolving labour market Aliaa Abou Khaddour

The West is benefiting from Morocco's brain drain

A stuttering post-pandemic economy in Morocco has led to high unemployment, especially among graduates leaving an education system which needs to better equip them for an evolving labour market

Mohamed Sharki 29 September 2023
Yellow jackets have become an inescapable nightmare for Moroccans. Jamie Wignall

Who are the 'yellow jackets' plaguing Moroccan drivers?

Back in the day, valets were harmless. But a new generation of yellow jackets – who are mostly young men with criminal records – push unwelcome services onto unsuspecting drivers across Morocco.

Abdelaziz Rachidi 26 August 2023
Iranian women shop in Tehran on July 18, 2023, as the police relaunched patrols to catch the increasing number of women leaving their hair uncovered in public in defiance of a strict dress code. AFP

Iran faces credibility problem over employment numbers

The high level of unemployment has become a national talking point in Iran, while claimed statistics offered by the government are no longer trusted by citizens.

Hanan Azizi 04 August 2023
Food distribution in Syrian refugee from Uk charity Proactive Support in informal settlements in Makni refugee camp on August 21 2020 , Lebanon (Photo by Vassilis Poularikas/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Syrian Refugees’ Woes Under Lebanese Crisis

In various places in the Lebanese capital Beirut, you can come across Syrian refugees who work in many sectors such as tourism, construction, and other professions. Some of them also resume their…

Jiwan Soz 30 July 2021
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A portrait of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hangs during an anti-government protest calling for action to secure the release of Israeli hostages in Tel Aviv on March 29, 2025. Jack GUEZ / AFP
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From covert to overt: Netanyahu's Doha strike is telling

11 September 2025

His emerging strategy shows a willingness to gamble on high-profile assassinations, even at the expense of diplomatic blowback, regional stability, and fragile negotiations

Michael Horowitz
A Hezbollah flag is placed in front of the shrine of Shamoun al-Safa, built within a castle in the village of Shamaa in southern Lebanon's Tyre governorate, on January 31, 2025, that was heavily damaged by Israeli bombing. Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP
Business & Economy

Trump Economic Zone plan raises eyebrows in Lebanon

11 September 2025

Many Lebanese see the project as a demographic one with economic dressings aimed at expelling the country's southern population from their lands

Souraya Chahine
Activists protest near the US Capitol on July 24, 2024, in Washington, DC. Activists staged multiple demonstrations near the Capitol to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington and Israel's war on Gaza. Alex Wong/ AFP
Politics

Americans are tiring of Israel. Will US policy follow?

01 September 2025

While the US public has long been supportive of Israel, its genocide in Gaza appears to have had a big effect, with most young Americans now outright hostile towards it

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy
Opinion

'The Voice of Hind Rajab' shows cries for justice are only getting louder

07 September 2025

A 24-minute standing ovation at the film premiere was more than a symbolic gesture of justice for Israel's murder of little Hind, but a heartfelt cry of real anguish over the ongoing genocide in Gaza

Samer Abou Hawwach
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Fathy Embaby on using history to understand the present

05 September 2025

The Egyptian novelist—one of the Arab world's renowned writers of epic fiction—reveals the details of his craft to Al Majalla as the fourth book in his 'River' series captures a key moment

El-Sayed Hussein

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