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Máximo Torero Chief Economist OF FAO, speaks during the Global Citizen Panels & Fireside Chats
US-Israel war on Iran
Economy
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FAO: World food price rise set to continue if Iran war lasts

The FAO Food Price Index, which measures changes in a basket of globally traded food commodities, rose by 2.4 percent from its revised February level

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 April, 2026
Muslims perform the first Tarawih prayer of the holy month of Ramadan at the Sultan Hassan Mosque in Cairo, Egypt, on 18 February 2026. [Getty]
Ramadan 2026
MENA
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Egyptians skip Ramadan staples as prices skyrocket

Saleh Salem
19 February, 2026
Palestinians in Jabalia [Getty]
food prices
MENA
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Soaring prices compound burdens faced by Gaza's Palestinians

Sally Ibrahim
13 February, 2025
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's annual urban inflation jumps to 35.7% in February

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 March, 2024
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MENA
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A new wave of price increases hits Gaza Strip

Sally Ibrahim
07 June, 2022
Jordan
Economy
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Jordan: Boycott launched as govt chickens out on price cap

The New Arab Staff
27 May, 2022
Prices of basic goods have soared recently in Iran [Getty]
Iran
MENA
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Iran price protests turn political amid reports of deaths

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 May, 2022
Iran
MENA
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Iran raises prices of food staples, stirring panic and anger

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 May, 2022
Morocco
MENA
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Morocco to lose half its annual grain production to drought

The New Arab Staff
18 April, 2022
Sulaimaniyah -ffo market 2
Ramadan 2022
MENA
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Iraqis greet Ramadan with high food prices, long power cuts

Dana Taib Menmy
04 April, 2022
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Egypt
MENA
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Egyptian prime minister sets fixed price for unsubsidised bread

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 March, 2022
wheat
MENA
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Lebanon and Syria scramble to secure food after Ukraine war

William Christou
17 March, 2022
The Iraq Report
Inside Iraq
Inside MENA
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The Iraq Report: Ukraine turmoil triggers food crisis

The New Arab
16 March, 2022
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Perspectives

Putin's war is damaging the developing world

Jayati Ghosh

Jayati Ghosh

13 March, 2022
Ukraine
Economy
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Russia sanctions could raise global food prices, Putin warns

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 March, 2022
The rise in food prices
Iraq
MENA
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Hundreds protest in Iraq over rise in food prices

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 March, 2022
Foodstuffs seen in Sulaimaniyah city markets, photo by Dana Taib Menmy for TNA
Iraq
MENA
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Food prices rise in Iraq in wake of Russia-Ukraine war

Dana Taib Menmy
08 March, 2022
food prices
Economy
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Food prices reach record high in February: UN agency

The New Arab Staff
05 March, 2022
In-depth Tala
Ramadan
In-depth
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Ramadan in the shadow of Lebanon's food price crisis

Tala Ramadan
03 May, 2021
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poverty
Analysis
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Lebanon's supermarkets: On the frontline of an economic crisis

Alessandra Bajec
22 April, 2021