Egypt’s Unemployed Target Mursi After Toppling Mubarak: Jobs
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Mohamed Kamel and dozens of other engineering graduates have gathered outside Egypt’s Oil Ministry and a state-run energy company in Cairo for months, clamoring for jobs. During one of their demonstrations, he says, they were chased away by security guards wielding sticks and belts.
Kamel, 23, blames his unemployment on the regime of President Mohamed Mursi. On June 30, he plans to join nationwide protests marking the first year of Mursi’s presidency and demanding early elections. Kamel is among those who say Mursi has failed to create jobs or revive the economy, among the complaints that sparked the 2011 uprising ousting Hosni Mubarak.