Lebanese flock to bakeries for bread amid fear from flour shortages

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Lebanese flock to bakeries for bread amid fear from flour shortages

STORY: Lebanese flock to bakeries for bread amid fear from flour shortages DATELINE: April 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:40 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Lebanese buying breads 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ALI SAAB, Beirut citizen 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): AMANI TARHINI, Beirut citizen 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): BASHAR BOUBES, owner at the Modern Mills of Lebanon STORYLINE: Citizens all over Lebanon on Tuesday flocked to bakeries in hope of buying one or two bags of bread out of fear for an absence of the commodity in the coming days amid shortage of wheat in the country. Citizens stood in lines for hours while complaining about the government's policies which led to their humiliation and impoverishment. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ALI SAAB, Beirut citizen "This is humiliating, there is no more humiliation. We have reached a level where we are fighting over bread." SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): AMANI TARHINI, Beirut citizen "They are torturing us in this country. We are suffering in having access to ev

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