• Abu Shadi puts the prepared flatbread into the oven at his bakery in the Ras Beirut area of the Lebanese capital Beirut. The veteran baker is famed for his take on Lebanon's manousheh, a circle of freshly baked dough sprinkled with anything from thyme to meat, then folded in half and rolled in paper to go. AFP. AFP
    Abu Shadi puts the prepared flatbread into the oven at his bakery in the Ras Beirut area of the Lebanese capital Beirut. The veteran baker is famed for his take on Lebanon's manousheh, a circle of freshly baked dough sprinkled with anything from thyme to meat, then folded in half and rolled in paper to go. AFP. AFP
  • Freshly baked flatbread garnished with thyme and cheese ready to be served at Abu Shadi's bakery. The baker says many of his customers of three decades can no longer afford to buy his modest manousheh becuase of skyrocketing prices caused by inflation. AFP
    Freshly baked flatbread garnished with thyme and cheese ready to be served at Abu Shadi's bakery. The baker says many of his customers of three decades can no longer afford to buy his modest manousheh becuase of skyrocketing prices caused by inflation. AFP
  • Abu Shadi operates the kneading machine at his bakery in the Ras Beirut area of Beirut. AFP
    Abu Shadi operates the kneading machine at his bakery in the Ras Beirut area of Beirut. AFP
  • A staff member prepares the dough to make garnished flatbread at the bakery in Beirut. AFP
    A staff member prepares the dough to make garnished flatbread at the bakery in Beirut. AFP
  • Dough being prepared to make garnished flatbread. AFP
    Dough being prepared to make garnished flatbread. AFP
  • Abu Shadi tosses the flatbread dough to thin it before garnishing. AFP
    Abu Shadi tosses the flatbread dough to thin it before garnishing. AFP
  • Cheese and leafy vegetables are added to the flattened dough. AFP
    Cheese and leafy vegetables are added to the flattened dough. AFP
  • Flattened dough garnished with cheese and leafy vegetables is ready to be baked. AFP
    Flattened dough garnished with cheese and leafy vegetables is ready to be baked. AFP
  • Traditional flatbread sprinkled with cheese and leafy vegetables. AFP
    Traditional flatbread sprinkled with cheese and leafy vegetables. AFP
  • Abu Shadi adds salt to a freshly baked garnished flatbread. AFP
    Abu Shadi adds salt to a freshly baked garnished flatbread. AFP
  • Abu Shadi cuts a freshly baked garnished flatbread before serving it to a customer. AFP
    Abu Shadi cuts a freshly baked garnished flatbread before serving it to a customer. AFP
  • Abu Shadi serves customers at his bakery. AFP
    Abu Shadi serves customers at his bakery. AFP

Crisis bites for Lebanese bakery - in pictures


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