From the bbc: "Every day at 1400 (1200 GMT) on the dot, our neighbour's 15-year-old son, Mohamed, delivers a bag full of bread to us: a ritual of "help thy neighbour" that seems to give comfort in these confusing and scary times in the capital.
He tells us he gets the bread for free because he has been volunteering at the bakery every day for the past three weeks.
Egyptians and sub-Saharan Africans once sweated in these local bakeries as they churned out loaf after loaf, but they have long since fled the country's unrest in fear for their lives - or are stranded at the airport seeking a way out. Now local residents have had to step into the breach."
( At right, a traditional sand-baked Libyan bread, most likely not like that baked in Tripoli. Thanks to Temehu, a Libyan tour operator, for the photo, and for superb information on Libyan foods here. )
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