Rise, Egypt
The poor are hungry
A popular phrase of the continuing uprising in Egypt and the name of a campaign that aims to advocate for the poor and spread awareness of their living conditions. This is on a wall in Mounira near Qasr Al-Aini Street.
An excerpt from an article from the Guardian “Where’s the ‘bread, freedom and social justice’ a year after Egypt’s revolution?” that describes the deteriorating economic situation is affecting Egyptians:
“It has been a year now, and matters seem to be deteriorating, rather than stabilising. Let’s take bread: food riots have continued after the revolution with inflation reaching new peaks and basic necessities moving further out of reach for whole communities. Egypt is experiencing a severe shortage of petrol, which is not only affecting middle-class car-owning commuters but a bulk of the working class who rely on minibuses for transport. The closure of many private sector factories, capital flight, and a drop in domestic and foreign investment as well as a weakened tourism sector have led to the loss of many livelihoods in the formal and informal sectors.”
