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Several surprises and unexpected answers, conducted by the study conducted by the German Foundation of German freedom Ebert, out of 12,000 young men and women from the Arab world, between 16 and 30 years old. They have expressed the desire that the state will assume more responsibilities to take care of them, but at the same time they are not interested in engaging in political parties. They look at politics as a reserve of corruption and opportunism and does not like to be part of it. But the most surprising is that Arab youth does not see democracy a crucial element in the goodness of the government, as far as the strong leader who can survive the ship is looking for. What requires attention is to consider the vast majority of young people in the countries where polls have been made, that religion must play a greater role in managing life. Ironically, the research that monitors hunger and describes an entire generation with deprivation, it is shown that Arab youth is full of hope and that it is about to live, although it is not satisfied with its reality, and this is very important.

After the dilemma, deprivation has arrived

Essential points to understand the directions of Arab youth, aspirations, desires, their homeland and what does it have in mind? This is what we do not know clearly because of the absence of studies or their dispersion, and perhaps does not provide them with the vast audience. So the importance of this exploratory study, attended by 11 German researchers and researchers and included 11 Arab countries: Jordan, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan and Tunisia, in addition to the Syrian refugees in Lebanon. The interviews with the interviewees took place between 2021 and 2022, after the Corona epidemic. He was freed by Juerg Grad, David Kreuer and Faridrika Stolis. And “Dar al -saqi” published the study in a 500 -page book, which translates from Dr. Shaima Marzouq, which was named “The Disploded Generation”. A first study conducted by the Foundation between 2016-2017, through which the tendencies of young people were monitored after the spring Arab revolutions, issued in a book entitled “The youth discount”, while the new study comes after five years, to monitor the changes after the second wave of the popular movement in 2018 that we saw in Leanon, Algeria and Sudan.

Basic axes

The study is divided into four main axes, from which several titles are branched. The first axis on “deprivation” and poverty. As for the second axis, it is on the “multiple crisis” of which young people suffer, such as hunger, violence, immigration and the environment. As for the third axis, these are the “personal guidelines” of young people through family, education, individual values, association and religion. While the fourth axis reveals the nature of “social relations” and the level of social commitment for young people and their vision of the institutions and their trust in them, leading to the monitoring of their aspirations and dreams on a personal and collective level through the media and the means of communication, as well as politics, civil participation, hopes and expectations.

As for religiosity, the field study shows that most of these were asked to feel more religious today than they were five years ago. The study connects these results and the increase in the uncertainty that young people are experiencing in volatile societies that suffer from economic crises, wars and direct threats of life. The Libyans, the Moroccans and Giordani said they were the most religious of those before a sign of 8 out of 10, while the sign that young people gave to their debt in Lebanon and Tunisia decreased, but remained 6 degrees out of 10.

More than two thirds of the young people who replied they said they are absolutely not interested in politics. And when they talk about this problem, they connect it to “first place with the official party policy” in their country and do not refer in their conversation to engage in the service of the company. This vision derives from the general frustration suffered by young people after the subsequent crisis that their country has experienced.

Trusted of the tribe and the army

More than two thirds of participants want the state to play a greater role in managing daily life. The largest percentage came from Lebanon 88 percent and the lowest of Algeria on 50 percent; This indicates a sense of the absence of the state in Lebanon and its strong intervention in Algeria, while only the 7 percent of the interviewees want, that the State will play a fewer role number. And trust is low in political and legal institutions, and has decreased more than they were five years ago, while the army has the utmost trust, especially in the countries with tribal affiliations. In Libya and Yemen, after the wars, young people claim to trust their tribes more than their country. When they are asked for the political system they want, we discover that the percentage of a democratic system decreased from what was five years ago and the majority expressed its need for a “strong man who governs the country”.

Two thirds of young Muslims who have been interviewed, will want Islam to play a greater role in public life. The percentage was more than five years ago, which is a tangible and remarkable change. The percentage of those who want a greater role in religion in Palestine have reached 90 percent and Jordan at 84 percent and, according to the study: the ideas of Islamic groups are popular among young people. This shows more among those who have not left their country than those who have spent time out of their homelands. It is also a more existing desire for the middle class, 70 percent has expressed their desire to see the debt plays a more important role in their lives, while the percentage has decreased to 62 % in the poor or rich class. However, it remains a very high percentage compared to other companies.

They are full of hope, not satisfied

And compared to the study that was conducted five years ago and despite the difficult circumstances that young people who maintain hope, which is interesting. With the exception of the Syrians displaced in Lebanon and the Lebanese, that the feeling of hope has decreased, the number of pessimists has not increased in the Arab world, to the extent that it can be imagined. On the contrary, half of the Algerians are optimistic and more than two thirds in nine other countries. Despite the serious uncertainty in their country, the Arab youth remains optimistic about their vision of the future. In all the countries where the survey was conducted, 58 percent of young people tends to be optimistic and only 15 percent expressed their pessimism and a third of those he asked, they said they were “completely confident” or “to a certain extent” to meet their professional desires and aspirations. But this does not mean that young people are satisfied with their conditions and the life in which they live, since the disparity of class, unemployment and armed conflicts are a source of concern, however, young people in Egypt, for example, despite the high rates of poverty, are more satisfied with the richest countries such as Iraq or Algeria, and Syrian refugees in Lebano and are more satisfied with their prices. Sudan arrives, even in a study conducted before the war, on the back of the list.

The media transmits bad news

It is not surprising that 90 percent of interviewees has a smartphone and if the percentage decreases a little in Yemen and Sudan. But trust in traditional media does not exceed 14 percent on average when it comes to political topics, while the utmost trust is in Morocco and does not exceed 26 percent. The opposite of the expected, trust in the media is not better in terms of political topics; It remains at 16 percent. In any case, three quarters of young people get their information from the media and see the media in general, tools to transmit bad news.

Despite spoken much of the political role of the means of communication and its educational importance and its improvement in the possibility of obtaining work, this study shows that young Arabs use these tools mainly to communicate with their families and friends and in a second degree to relax and fill free time. Media is more likely that young people calm and do not charge their revolution and anger.

Faith first

When the interviewees were asked to put a sign of ten about the results of the life they want to achieve, faith in God came to the top of the list, followed by the discovery of a confident partner, therefore a feeling of security, followed by health and perseverance. So we find material independence and adherence to the law of honor and shame, in the same field and in the latest regulations, results of the class of participation in the politics or satisfaction of others, possession of the power or submission of self sections.

As for immigration for Arab youth, it is not only for economic and financial reasons, but in some countries it has transformed a sort of habit and the study records a change in its destination; Western countries are no longer the first goal and the States of the Persian Gulf have been replaced by 14 percent, compared to 9 percent for Europe, 6 percent in Asia and 3 percent to the countries of North America and sub -Sasaharians.

The desire to migrate to Tunisia, Lebanon and Syria grows 20 percent and stable at 5 percent in Egypt and Morocco.

11 German researchers and researchers participated in the exploratory study, including 11 Arab countries