Wheat grain cascades from cut sacks on a delivery truck at a government-operated mill in central Fayoum, Egypt, May 2022. Islam Safwat/Bloomberg via Getty Images Current Analysis The Ukraine War, Grain Trade and Bread in Egypt One year on from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, what does the ongoing war mean for Egypt's bread subsidy? Jessica Barnes • 11 min read
Fishing at the Chebayesh marsh in Dhi Qar province, Iraq, April 2019. Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters MER Article Water in the Middle East: A Primer A valuable introduction that challenges the dominant narratives, in PDF format. Jessica Barnes • 1 min read
Current Analysis Overstating Climate Change in Egypt’s Uprising Although climate change is a major issue of global consequence, blaming climate change for the 2011 uprising in Egypt fails to account for the political and economic issues that were behind the uprisings across the region and distracts from the factors that produced bread shortages in Egypt. Jessica Barnes • 7 min read
