This Is How The Lebanese Are Reacting To The Bread Crisis In Lebanon

This Is How The Lebanese Are Reacting To The Bread Crisis In Lebanon

Lebanon is living under constant crises, one after the other and many at once. And if any just happens to subside, it soon returns to creep back into the group that is making people’s life an unrelenting struggle.

Fuel shortage, electricity cuts, wild exchange rate, wheat crisis, and strikes are just a few to mention. This past week, it’s the bread that came under the spotlight of infamous stardom, as the people in Lebanon have been struggling to get their share of bread; the basic needs of living.

Riots and fights at bakeries, and people crying in the humiliation of trying to get one stack of flatbread.

And the Lebanese had to take to social media to share their thoughts and posts about it, with the Lebanese hashtag #bread trending.

Here are some of the most relevant:

Twitter user Khawlaa Diab chose to poetically express how tired she is from her homeland, sharing her sorrow towards what Lebanon has come to – people in lines to get their hands on one stack of bread:

“The last morsel of the poor, they stole it!” the tweet below says, referring to the ruling body.

Twitter user Hasan Dor shared a video of a fight in front of a bakery,