subject: Arab Youth Rights: From Disregard To Forfeiture [print this page] Arab Youth Rights: From Disregard To Forfeiture
First and foremost, one of the state components is the population, and definitely one of the power factors in societies is specifically a category of young people. In this respect, the more youth potentials we have on population classification scale in our societies, the more political, economic, military and cultural powers we record on the national power scale for the state. And the more well-educated and skilled people we make use of, the more progress and prosperity we achieve in the state as well.
Having in mind, the lack of attention to voices of young people makes the sovereignty of a state exposed, no doubt, to threaten and danger; the absence of well theoretical and practical programs on hiring youth generations in proper positions guides to improper results which may absolutely lead to break down the cycle of development. On this basis, intentionally or unintentionally, such shortage contributes surely to maximizing weaknesses and minimizing strengthens of the national power. Furthermore, the spheres of young attentions are full up with multi ideologies that may crystalize new opinions and positions untaken into consideration, lead to non-affiliation and feeling as strangers in an environment that is not isolated from external influences alongside the internal ones.
Logically, how we can expect an environment in which high rate of unemployment, incredible patronage, administrative and financial corruption and irresponsibility contribute all together to create reasonable reasons to provoke and motivate generation of young people to conduct in two different ways:
the first one represents feeling of hopeless that may push them to looking for a new world in which they start new and moderated life, perhaps, this way includes immigration or draining of brains and well-skilled and educated people, and you can estimate the value of loosing such fundamental component for the state. By the way and with all frankness, matter of not taking this matter into Arab decision makers' account means lacking the credibility and reliability and subsequently they are destroying their country and people. Unfortunately that's what's happening in the Arab world today.
The second one is related to the spirit of national resistance targeting radical changing of the reality, such way costs a lot, then, matter of criticizing the governments in Arab political regimes and calling for meeting the basic requirements of people means a real threaten to the power of Arab leaders and simply they won't tolerate in dealing with it .
Actually, this matter has been originated in most of Arab countries for long time, no reforms have been launched to fix such confused situation, no considered hiring plans, no solutions for alleviating poverty and brains draining, and no hearing to the requirements of young people whose feelings, in return, are growing over time and sometimes got translated into actual steps that no way to be absolutely ignored.
So, using of extreme force on combating Arab people claims is simply justified by Arab political propaganda machine, they easily portray all forms of changing claims as they are related to external powers aiming at overthrowing the regime in favor of foreign powers, and finally are rejected at all.
Apparently, not dealing with this matter seriously pushed Arab decision makers to portray the youth energy as an undesired variable working on impeding their traditional authority. So, instead of being nearing from this source of power, they selected the option of containment, and finally waste one of important national powers resources; and recently they harvest what they implanted before.
