- "A quarter of Egyptians already live below the poverty line. Official employment is at 13 percent—3.5 million, but real youth unemployment probably stands at 82 percent. Fully 21.4 percent of the 27.3 million strong work force are temporary workers...with no job security" http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/07/16/egyp-j16.html 4 comments worldnews