Last week, fuel at the pump nearly dubbled in price. A liter of petrol now costs nearly $1, and that in a country where 40% of the population has less than $2 a day to spend! Many people already had a hard time surviving before this happened, so how about now? Because when fuel goes up, all prices go up, including food, water, and public transportation fares.
The price increase happened during the Eid holidays, when lots of people are out of the city. But people are angry, of course, and it might be that they won't quietly accept this.
