Ten loaves of baladi bread, aish baladi, sat on the kitchen shelf, their round and bran-speckled faces looking upwards. Three were heated quickly on the flame of the stove such that they “barely touch ...

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.

If there is one commodity that is political in Egypt, it is not oil or natural gas; it is bread. Cheap bread, and lots of it, is considered a birthright in Egypt. Aish baladi, a whole wheat flatbread ...

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 ...

Long queues of people waiting in front of baladi bread bakeries for hours have become a common scene in Cairo and other governorates. Due to the long bread lines, it has become very difficult for ...

Sharif Farouk, Egyptian Supply Minister, confirmed on Thursday that the price of subsidized bread will not change following the recent increase in diesel and fuel oil prices. In media statements, the ...