Not beggars, but don't want to be thieves

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'Not beggars, but don't want to be thieves'


Egypt 2011: Almost half survive on $2 a day while many live in cemeteries, on rooftops. Men postpone marriage, commit suicide over financial troubles, and as corruption runs free, despair grows deep. Now they raise their voices in agony, demanding change

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4021703,00.html

snip - Statistics show that 45% of Egyptians live on $2 a day or less, and the number of suicides is measured in thousands and growing daily.



"The future is gloomy," a young man by the name of Gamal told Fleishman. "We'll go to university but will we be able to find a job once we're done? Many of my friends don't have jobs. The government isn't doing anything and all the young people are dispirited."



Two million people living in cemeteries

Many Egyptian bachelors prefer not to walk down the aisle because they cannot afford to support their future wives, according to Dr. Shmuel Bachar, a researcher of modern Egypt at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya. Bachar explained that poverty in Egypt is unimaginably widespread.


While there are those who would rather Mubarek stay - in favour of stability....and warnings of what would occur with the Suez Canal....but the people clearly have justification at their protest.