Young Palestinians in Gaza cannot find work and cannot leave
They cannot afford to marry, either
When amr masri started university a professor made a promise to his class: finish your studies and you’ll find a job. He finished in 2019 with a business degree. Three years later, on a sweltering July afternoon, he is standing on Gaza City’s main commercial strip. Next to him is a crate stacked with phone chargers and other gadgets, which he hawks to passers-by for ten or 12 hours a day, taking home 20 shekels ($6) for the effort. “I found a job,” he quips, pointing ruefully at the crate.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “The blockade generation”
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