Wall Street Journal

A Bread Crisis in Egypt Fuels Fears of Unrest

For decades, vendors sold subsidized Egyptian baladi bread for almost nothing in Al-Sayeda Zeinab market, a bustling hub for Cairo's working class. One day in April, there was suddenly no baladi.
Wall Street Journal

Egypt’s Bread Crisis Awakens Old Fears of Political Unrest

CAIRO—For decades, vendors sold subsidized Egyptian baladi bread for almost nothing in Al-Sayeda Zeinab market, a bustling hub for this city’s working class. One day last month, there was suddenly no ...