The Egyptian "bread riots" of 1977 (Arabic: إنتِفاضة الخُبز, intifāḍhat-ul-khobz, “The Bread Intifada”) were a spontaneous uprising against the increase in commodities' prices on the 18th and 19th of January after the Egyptian government cut subsidies for basic foodstuff.[1][2][3]
The riots were carried out in the Egyptian bigger cities. When the army was deployed on the twentieth of January, order was reestablished.[1] Around 80 people were killed, over 550 injured and approximately 1200 were arrested during the protests.[1]
- ^ a b c Cooper, Mark N. (1982). The transformation of Egypt. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-2836-8. OCLC 8284071.
- ^ Soliman, Nayera Abdelrahman (2021). "Remembering the 1977 Bread Riots in Suez: Fragments and Ghosts of Resistance". International Review of Social History. 66 (S29): 23–40. doi:10.1017/S0020859021000109. ISSN 0020-8590.
- ^ Ketchley, Neil; Eibl, Ferdinand; Gunning, Jeroen (2023). "Anti-austerity riots in late developing states: Evidence from the 1977 Egyptian Bread Intifada". Journal of Peace Research. doi:10.1177/00223433231168188. ISSN 0022-3433.