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Business
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Economy
3/19/2013 7:24:10 PM
Hundreds of bakers block entrance to Egyptian supply ministry on Tuesday to protest government scheme to reduce flour subsidies and penalise violators
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Business
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Economy
3/19/2013 1:15:45 PM
Egypt will implement 'smart card' to ration subsidized bread in a two months in Port Said and Port Fouad, according to supply minister Bassem Ouda
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Business
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Economy
3/19/2013 9:42:59 AM
Bakers' association representing 25,000 privately run bakeries threatened to strike last month, but postponed move until mid-March to give government time to meet their demands
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Business
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Economy
3/17/2013 8:11:44 PM
Egyptian bakers and bakery owners protest government decision to significantly raise price of flour used to produce subsidised bread
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Opinion
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3/7/2013 4:34:32 PM
Egypt exports strawberries and grapes, but imports wheat and beans. There can never be social justice until the country produces enough wheat and without a revolution in Egypt’s agricultural policies to serve small-scale farmers
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Business
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Economy
2/28/2013 8:22:15 PM
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Egypt
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25 January Revolution
1/24/2013 10:13:32 PM
Ahram Online examines core revolutionary demands – for bread, freedom, social justice & human dignity – and asks if any have been realised in the two years since the fall of Egypt's Mubarak regime
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Egypt
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25 January Revolution
1/24/2013 7:52:01 PM
Two years since the January 25 Revolution saw the end of Egypt's Mubarak regime, food security - a basic right - remains a dream for many Egyptians
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Arts & Culture
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Film
1/22/2013 5:50:54 PM
Documentary 'Bread, Freedom' will look at the events of January and February 2011 through eyewitness accounts
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Egypt
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Politics
1/18/2013 7:10:27 PM
More than three decades after the January 1977 popular rebellion against the economic policies of late President Sadat, Egypt's leftists say other large-scale protests against poor living conditions are on the cards
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Business
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Economy
12/14/2012 7:14:48 PM
Syrians in fist fights over bread as desperation for food grows in parts of the country
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Business
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Economy
10/31/2012 6:25:27 PM
Port Said will open a pilot study where local wheat will be sold at international prices in order to encourage cultivation
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Business
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Economy
10/17/2012 7:39:52 PM
World's largest wheat importer aims to build new silos over next 3-4 years, improve targeting of subsidies and reduce waste
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Egypt
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The Balance Sheet
10/8/2012 7:00:17 PM
When it comes to improving the quality and availability of the poor's staple food, Morsi's 100-day initiatives have been more than half-baked, say observers
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Business
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Economy
10/4/2012 12:50:08 PM
In a run-down building not far from Tahrir Square, Nomani Nomani is struggling to ensure Egypt's revolution for freedom doesn't turn into a 'revolution of hunger'
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Business
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Economy
9/30/2012 3:24:41 PM
Official says the govt will spend an extra $100m to ensure removal of subsidy doesn't hit consumer pockets
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Egypt
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First 100 days
8/20/2012 2:39:27 PM
Poor people in Egypt’s Kafr El-Sheikh governorate unable to buy subsidised bread; bakers blame lack of wheat, government blames corruption
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Business
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Economy
8/16/2012 3:41:19 PM
Government will produce new kind of bread that will cost 10 piastres; it will not replace subsidised loaves sold at 5 piastres
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London 2012
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News
7/31/2012 9:25:48 PM
Chad le Clos denied Michael Phelps' bid for a 200m butterfly treble by a hair's breadth Tuesday, but silver allowed the US superstar to match the record for most medals in an Olympic career
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Egypt
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First 100 days
7/31/2012 6:40:38 PM
Egypt president Mohamed Morsi made promises to be fulfilled within 100 days on five main areas – security, traffic, fuel, bread and sanitation; 30 days in, and Ahram Online looks at his progress.
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