bread prices

Gaza: Shortages of flour, fuel raise alarm over looming famine, as rodents worsen health crisis
Gaza
MENA
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Gaza's bread crisis deepens with 50% production cuts

The Government Media Office warned that bread production has dropped sharply in recent months due to a steep decline in the amount of flour entering Gaza.

Sally Ibrahim
28 April, 2026
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Gaza genocide
Society
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In Gaza, the daily search for bread is becoming more desperate

Ansam Al-Kitaa

Ansam Al-Kitaa

08 April, 2026
A deliveryman riding a bicycle carries a tray of fresh traditional Egyptian bread on his head from a bakery along an alley in Sayyida Zeinab district in the old quarters of Cairo
Egypt
Economy
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Egypt sets price cap on unsubsidised bread due to inflation

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 March, 2026
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US-Israel war on Iran
MENA
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Egypt keeps bread subsidies, raises fuel prices

The New Arab Staff
10 March, 2026
Egypt
food insecurity
Perspectives

How long will Arabs beg for their bread?

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Abdel Tawab Barakat

11 February, 2026
A girl carries a tray with fresh bread on 9 November 2024 in Giza, Egypt. [Getty]
Egypt
MENA
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Egypt's bread subsidy system reforms hit the poor hardest

Saleh Salem
28 January, 2025
A deliveryman balances a tray of freshly baked bread while riding his bicycle through traffic in central Cairo on May 17, 2024
North Africa
MENA
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Egypt planning for major wheat import savings, sources say

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 October, 2024
Egypt
Society
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Egyptians struggle with first bread subsidy cut in 21st century

The New Arab Staff

Thaer Mansour

18 June, 2024
Egypt
MENA
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Egypt to slash bread subsidies, prices increase by 400%

Thaer Mansour
30 May, 2024
Egypt
Economy
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Egypt population boom to make it world's top wheat importer

The New Arab Staff
26 June, 2023
Analysis - Ramadan 2023
Ramadan
In-depth
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Muslims brace for a difficult Ramadan as inflation soars

Rodayna Raydan
23 March, 2023
Egypt
Voices

To save Egypt's economy, the kleptocratic regime must end

Sam Hamad

Sam Hamad

17 January, 2023
Egypt
MENA
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World Bank agrees $500m to help Egypt fund wheat purchases

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 June, 2022
Tunisia
MENA
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World Bank lends Tunisia $130 mn for grains hit by Ukraine war

29 June, 2022
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Economy
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World Bank grants Lebanon $150 million food security loan

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 May, 2022
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Lebanon
MENA
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Lebanon expects deal with World Bank on food security

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 April, 2022
Russia-Ukraine conflict
MENA
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Lebanon protects bread as Ukraine crisis threatens supplies

The New Arab Staff
06 March, 2022
Egypt
Economy
Live Story

Egypt's increased bread price 'will take time' to decide

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 October, 2021
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Sudan
Perspectives

Sudan: This time it's different

Reem Abbas.jpg

Reem Abbas

22 January, 2019
Jordanians bread market - Getty
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Perspectives

What happened to Jordan's bread price protests?

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Fadi al-Qadi

12 February, 2018