A desperate shortage of staple foods, brought about partly by rising oil prices, has sparked riots around the world. In Egypt, where the common word for bread is “life”, Street Food investigates the cost for the average person. Part 1 (14:18 min)
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on Aug 13th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
yay! i love this series, can’t wait to watch this one tonight…
on Aug 13th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Hello. I have emailed you about a couple of your images on flicr. I am checking in once more with you. Please get back to me asap,
Best
IB
on Aug 13th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
very interesting to hear the interviews with the vendors regarding their challenges, some of them have a very long day…and as usual, the food shots were really nice…
this is one of my fave series!
on Aug 14th, 2008 at 1:05 am
how can we resist food?…:~p
on Aug 16th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Yep! With the high prices the first and hardest hit are the poorer ones whose staple food is rice and bread.
I was in Egypt a few years ago, and remember tasting some of the yummy ’street’ food, not on the street but in family-run little restaurants.
Really enjoy your food series, David.
on Aug 17th, 2008 at 7:55 am
You were in Egypt? I don’t remember any pictures from there. Oh, someday, I will make it there… we all have such a romance for Egypt.
on Aug 17th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Oh I only have a couple of photos up on Flickr…I wasn’t taking photos at that time (2004). Most of them were touristy candid shots.
on Aug 18th, 2008 at 8:05 am
Yes, that’s funny… the PRE-flickr days. It’s amazing that was only 2004. Your photography is so good it seems you’ve always been taking pictures…
on Aug 21st, 2008 at 6:24 am
beautiful people, beautiful culture, amazing city! Cairo is very high on my list of places I would love to see. I wasnt aware that the scale of the economy there is so small compared to us… that one guy was able support his wife and five children on $4 a day - crazy!
on Aug 21st, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Thanks, David.