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Egypt hungry for food revolution  Uploading ....Low-income households in Egypt are being hit by soaring food costs, putting a major strain on many poor families in the country, who are struggling to put basic staples on the table.
Inside a tiny Cairo apartment, Howeida Nageh is dicing some tomatoes in her kitchen. Her three sons have arrived home from faculty and they're hungry. Nevertheless, the only food offered is these tomatoes and a chunk of bread -- and this will be the boys' solely meal for the day.
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"Things are too expensive," says Nageh, whose husband left her to boost her 3 boys alone. "I used to require two onions and cut them over 2 tomatoes, cook and eat them. Now the worth of onions has increased -- rather than using 2, three or four onions, I currently just take one and select the tiniest one," adds Nageh, whose largest source of income is the $thirty a month she receives from the government.
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Egypt, which is the globe's biggest importer of wheat, brings in regarding seventy% of its food from abroad. High costs of basic food items have been cited joined the reasons behind the 2011 upheaval that led to the ousting of long-time President Hosni Mubarak. The chant "bread, freedom and social justice" may be heard around Cairo's Tahrir Sq., the epicenter for disgruntled Egyptians calling for amendment
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