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Egypt hungry for food revolution  Uploading ....Low-income households in Egypt are being hit by soaring food prices, putting a serious strain on many poor families within the country, who are struggling to put basic staples on the table.
Inside a small Cairo apartment, Howeida Nageh is dicing some tomatoes in her kitchen. Her three sons have arrived home from college and they are hungry. Nevertheless, the sole food accessible is these tomatoes and a piece of bread -- and this can be the boys' only meal for the day.
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"Things are too expensive," says Nageh, whose husband left her to lift her three boys alone. "I used to take two onions and cut them over two tomatoes, cook and eat them. Now the value of onions has increased -- rather than using 2, three or four onions, I currently simply take one and choose the littlest one," adds Nageh, whose largest supply of income is that the $thirty a month she receives from the government.
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Egypt, which is the planet's biggest importer of wheat, brings in about 70% of its food from abroad. High costs of basic food things have been cited united the reasons behind the 2011 upheaval that led to the ousting of long-time President Hosni Mubarak. The chant "bread, freedom and social justice" might be heard around Cairo's Tahrir Sq., the epicenter for disgruntled Egyptians calling for amendment
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