wheat

Egypt
food insecurity
Perspectives

How long will Arabs beg for their bread?

Despite bread’s central place in Arab societies, the region lags in wheat production, and its heavy reliance on imports has impoverished local farmers.

Abdel Tawab Barakat
11 February, 2026
Syria wheat [Getty]
Syria
MENA
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Syria: Food crisis concerns amid low wheat production, drought

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 August, 2025
Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi
Egypt
Economy
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Egypt's Sisi ordered huge wheat purchase fearing new supply crisis, sources say

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 August, 2024
Egypt
Economy
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Egypt's wheat imports rebound after dip in global prices

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 January, 2024
Egypt
Economy
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Egypt minister comes under fire over price hikes, shortages

Thaer Mansour
17 January, 2024
Egypt
MENA
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Egypt in talks for UAE funding to buy Kazakh wheat

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 September, 2023
Egypt
Economy
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UAE to finance wheat imports to Egypt for five years

The New Arab Staff
16 August, 2023
Egypt
MENA
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Egypt slams Russia's grain deal exit as Ukraine ports hit

The New Arab Staff
21 July, 2023
Egypt
Economy
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Egypt population boom to make it world's top wheat importer

The New Arab Staff
26 June, 2023
wheat
MENA
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Syria Kurdish authority expects better wheat yield than 2022

William Christou
06 June, 2023
Egypt
Economy
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Egypt defers payments for wheat imports amid dollar crunch

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 May, 2023
Egypt
MENA
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Egypt's inflation rate highest in 5 years as prices soar

Thaer Mansour
09 February, 2023
Egypt economy
MENA
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Egypt's poor, middle-income households forced 'to go vegan'

Thaer Mansour
24 January, 2023
Egypt
MENA
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Egyptian pound added to Russian exchange rate list

Thaer Mansour
22 January, 2023
Egypt
MENA
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Egyptians struggle as prices of basic commodities rise

Thaer Mansour
12 January, 2023
Wheat imports
Russian invasion of Ukraine
MENA
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Syria increases wheat imports from Russian-annexed Crimea

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 December, 2022
Russia
World
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Russians, Ukrainians met in UAE to discuss prisoner swap

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 November, 2022
Tunisia economy
Tunisia
Society
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Tunisia in crisis: Where normality is hard to come by

Khelil Bouarrouj

Khelil Bouarrouj

09 November, 2022
Russia
World
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Mali minister: Russia to send food, fuel in coming weeks

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 November, 2022
Syria
Economy
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Syrian regime signs deal to purchase wheat from Russia

The New Arab Staff
08 October, 2022
Taliban
World
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Taliban signs Russia deals for oil products, gas and wheat

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 September, 2022