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 ...

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 ...

Hala Goname remembers what it was like to experience the generosity of strangers at the Parkdale Food Centre a few short years ago, when she arrived from Egypt with her children. Now, she's giving ...