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Food insecurity and revolution in the Middle East and North Africa: agrarian questions in Egypt and Tunisia

Yasmine Moataz Ahmed

2020The Journal of Peasant Studies41 citationsDOI

Abstract

In the early evening of 4 August 2020, a massive ammonium nitrate explosion rocked the port area of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. The destruction caused by the explosion leaves the country at hig...

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Agrarian societyFood insecurityMiddle EastPort (circuit theory)Capital (architecture)Agricultural revolutionGeographyGreen RevolutionAgricultureAncient historyPolitical scienceDevelopment economicsEconomyFood securityHistoryEconomicsArchaeologyEngineeringElectrical engineeringAgriculture, Land Use, Rural Development