Unemployment in the West Bank and Gaza stands at 26.6 percent, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. Unemployed university graduates comprise a disproportionate share of the jobless. While higher unemployment among university graduates is common in Arab countries, the proportion in Palestine is exceptionally high: around 63 percent of Palestinian graduates were unemployed last year. Of those who are employed, around 40 percent work in fields unrelated to their major. More...
Historical Wounds Are Not Healing in Tunisia
In late March, an old man dressed in traditional Tunisian clothes for the occasion shuffled up to a microphone in a conference hall on the outskirts of Tunis. He had come to speak about events in his country that took place over half a century ago. His testimony, and the testimony of others, re-ignited a virulent debate over whether the country’s national history needs to be re-written, how, and by whom. More...


