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Annia Ciezadlo: "Ada sejarah panjang di Timur Tengah tentang "rot...

"Ada sejarah panjang di Timur Tengah tentang "roti intifada," dimulai dengan tahun 1977 di Mesir, ketika Anwar Sadat mencoba untuk mengangkat subsidi roti. Orang-orang memberontak dan mengalir ke Tahrir Square, meneriakkan slogan-slogan terhadap pemerintah seperti yang mereka lakukan awal tahun ini. Sadat mempelajari pelajarannya dan mempertahankan subsidi roti, dan begitu pula sejumlah diktator Timur Tengah lainnya - banyak di antaranya didukung selama bertahun-tahun oleh Barat, sebagian melalui gandum Amerika yang disubsidi."

--- Annia Ciezadlo

Versi Bahasa Inggris

There's a long history in the Middle East of "bread intifadas," starting with 1977 in Egypt, when Anwar Sadat tried to lift bread subsidies. People rebelled and poured into Tahrir Square, shouting slogans against the government just like they did earlier this year. Sadat learned his lesson and kept bread subsidies in place, and so did a host of other Middle Eastern dictators - many of whom were propped up for years by the West, partly through subsidized American wheat.