“A packet of flour is a treasure”: without Russian and Ukrainian wheat, Tunisians fear for their daily bread

Jamila grabs a tabouna, the traditional Tunisian bread, and sticks it to the hot wall of her rolling oven. She handles it delicately. Like a treasure. “It is! she exclaims. Installed for fifteen years on one end of the road which leads to Sidi Bouzid, 300 km south of Tunis, the baker breathes: “Times are hard. It’s hard to find flour. And when we get there, it costs us double the usual price. The direct consequence of the war in Ukraine.