Morocco - 5 Men Set Themselves on Fire, Demonstrating Against Lack of Jobs - NYTimes.com Five unemployed men set themselves on fire in the capital, Rabat, as part of widespread protests over unemployment, especially among university graduates, a rights activist said Thursday. Self-immolation has become a protest tactic in the Middle East and North Africa since a vegetable seller in Tunisia set himself on fire in 2010, setting off an uprising that toppled the government and led to similar movements elsewhere in the region. The Moroccans were part of the unemployed graduates movement, a loose association of millions of university graduates demanding jobs.