Economic collapse pushes highly educated Gazans into the ‘survival economy’ 21 April 2026 Economic Development Young Palestinians in Gaza with university-level educations are setting aside dreams of putting their hard-won skills into practice and doing whatever they can to survive.  Abdullah al-Khawaja, an electrical engineering graduate displaced from Rafah to Khan Younis, now stands behind a small spice stall, having lost the career path he pursued for years.   “After struggling in university for years, we had dreams and ambitions to achieve what we aspired to,” says Mr. al-Khawaja, “but after the war, all these dreams were destroyed and all lines of communication with our ambitions were severed.” He, and many like him, have been forced to turn to the so-called “survival economy,” taking on work that falls far short of his aspirations as a young graduate, he told our UN News correspondent in the Gaza Strip.…