Imm Rabih from Ain Attah challenges poverty with traditional bread! || Newspapers (Arabic)

Al Safir newspaper published an article touching on the abysmal economic conditions of many strata of the Lebanese society and which threaten their security and livelihoods.  The presently dire economic conditions have forced tens of families to look for sources of living.  The article highlighted the coping mechanisms of women working within their homes and who seek to secure additional income to alleviate the impact of poverty and ensure some financial stability to their families.  According to the newspaper, these women faced with several pressing financial demands such as the burden of tuition fees, double electricity bills, the costs of hospitalisation and phone bills as well as other basic necessities.  Traditional baking of wholewheat bread appears to be mostly popular amongst women in several towns and villages.  Women are increasingly relaying on a traditional skill inherited from their mothers and grandmothers thus contributing to the revival of part of the local heritage.
Imm Rabih from the remote village of Ayn Attah in Rashaya area is one of these women who is responsible for her household.  Poverty and need forced her to look for sources of income and secure the minimum needs of her family.   She reported that traditional bread making twice a week has allowed her to secure income and protect her family from abject need.
Source:  As Safir, 4 October 2012