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Young people in the Middle East struggle to see a promising future

  • Written by Georges Naufal, Associate Research Scientist, Public Policy Research Institute, Texas A&M University
imageMahdi Shaban, a Palestinian living in Gaza, paid for his master's degree with earnings from digging graves.Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

The Middle East’s population is growing almost twice as fast as the world overall, and one-third of its people are under the age of 15.

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