Bread Intifada
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The Bread Intifada was a massive wave of popular protests and riots across Egypt in January 1977 sparked by government cuts to food and basic commodity subsidies.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bread Intifada canonical | 1 |
| Egyptian Bread Intifada | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
popular uprising
ⓘ
protest movement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
1977 Bread Uprising
NERFINISHED
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1977 Egyptian bread riots ⓘ Egyptian Bread Riots NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronology | precedes later Egyptian protest waves ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Egyptian press reports
ⓘ
academic studies on Egyptian politics ⓘ |
| endDate | 1977-01-19 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Egyptian political history
ⓘ
Middle Eastern social movements ⓘ |
| follows | Sadat’s infitah economic policy ⓘ |
| hasCause |
International Monetary Fund–backed reforms
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cuts to food subsidies ⓘ economic liberalization policies ⓘ implementation of austerity measures ⓘ removal of basic commodity subsidies ⓘ |
| hasContext |
Anwar Sadat presidency
ⓘ
negotiations with the International Monetary Fund ⓘ post-1973 war economic crisis in Egypt ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
increased political sensitivity around subsidy reforms
ⓘ
strengthening of popular opposition to austerity ⓘ |
| hasType |
economic protest
ⓘ
urban uprising ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Arabic ⓘ |
| location | Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
cost of living
ⓘ
food prices ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| namedAfter | bread subsidies ⓘ |
| opposedTo | government subsidy cuts ⓘ |
| organizedBy | spontaneous mass protests ⓘ |
| participant |
Egyptian security forces
NERFINISHED
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Egyptian students ⓘ Egyptian workers ⓘ urban poor in Egypt ⓘ |
| pointInTime | January 1977 ⓘ |
| result |
arrests of demonstrators
ⓘ
deaths of protesters ⓘ partial restoration of subsidies ⓘ policy concessions by the Egyptian government ⓘ reversal of some price increases ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
demonstrations in industrial cities
ⓘ
riots in Alexandria ⓘ riots in Cairo ⓘ |
| startDate | 1977-01-18 ⓘ |
| temporalLocation | late 20th century ⓘ |
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Egyptian Bread Intifada