Author

Hala Barakat

has a PhD in Paleoecology from the University of Aix-Marseille III, France. A founding member and former president of Nature Conservation Egypt (NCE), a non-profit active in the field of conservation of endangered habitats, she is currently writing a book on food in ancient Egypt.

Articles by this author

issue 10

Giving Life

A History of Bread in Egypt

For thousands of years, bread has been the most important food item in Egypt. Even today, the vernacular name for bread, ‘eish, means ‘life’.