No Food
My friend Basel
Hey friends, there’s nothing left in the market—nothing at all to eat. All the goods have disappeared.
We want rice, we want lentils, we want sandals…a sandal to tear apart, fry, and eat!
I sent my sons Ahmad to the beach area, and Hossam to Al-Nasr and Sheikh Radwan—there’s not a single kilo of rice or lentils. There’re no goods in the market at all.
My sister Faten
Hossam, hello my dear,
How are you all doing?
Hossam, I’ve been sick for three months. I haven’t left the house, and I even pray while sitting on a chair.
I have a severe chest and bronchial infection.
I feel helpless.
I’m very tired.
Alhamdulillah (Thank God) for everything.
Your brothers and sisters come to check on me almost every day.
That’s besides the hunger—we can’t afford to buy flour or any kind of food. The prices are insane.
Today, a kilo of flour is 75 shekels in cash, and on the banking app, it’s 130 shekels because the commission has reached 43%.
The dizziness is unbearable from the lack of food and nutrition.
Alhamdulillah for everything.
That’s how things are for me, your sisters, the kids—boys and girls. We’ve become like shadows of human beings from weakness and imbalance.
And that’s just the flour—there are other essential items we can’t buy:
- Sugar (1 kg): 180 shekels
- Cooking oil (1 litre): 200
- Ghee (1 litre): 60
- Molokhia (1 kg): 23
- Salt (1 kg): 8
- Cucumbers (1 kg): 65
- Watermelon (1 kg): 35
- Tomatoes (1 kg): 57
- Onions: unavailable
- Potatoes (1 kg): 50
- Eggplant (1 kg): 28
- Lemon (1 kg): 40
- Long grain rice (1 kg): 80
- Egyptian rice (1 kg): 65
- Lentils (1 kg): 30
- Okra (250g): 35
- Coffee (250g): 450
- Green pepper (250g): 13
- Red pepper (250g): 25
- Tuna can: 30
- Extra meat can: 80
- Foul can: 20
- Small Abou Rayya cheese: unavailable
- Falafel sandwich: 12
- 3 falafel balls: 2
- Grapes: 100
- Figs: 100
At these prices, you can’t afford anything. And that’s if you’re paying cash. Commission has reached 45%. You have to add 45% because we don’t have cash.