(Al Borsa News)
Marie Antoinette was famously rumoured to have said “let them eat cake” in response to a lack of bread among her starving subjects. Her attribution of this statement gave the revolting masses a picture of a ruler who failed to realise that bread is the most important aspect of daily living.
In modern Egypt as well, bread remains an essential part of all meals; bakeries are hard at work even during the curfew hours to make sure they deliver the people’s number one demand.