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Economic Crisis

The Ukraine War, Grain Trade and Bread in Egypt — 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

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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

Sudanese Migrants’ Labor in Times of Economic Crisis and Revolution — Sudanese workers, who lost their jobs due to the deteriorating economic situation in Lebanon, protest outside their country’s embassy in Beirut to demand repatriation, on July 2, 2020. Joseph Eid/AFP via Getty Images

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Sudanese Migrants’ Labor in Times of Economic Crisis and Revolution

[su_dropcap style="simple" size="4"]“I[/su_dropcap] have worked so much,” Hamze told me, laughing, “It’s all the same.” Hamze grew up working on his parents’ land in Gezira, two hours south of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum. Gezira is known for its fertile

Anna Simone Reumert • 13 min read