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GIZA, Egypt — Husniyah Abdelfatah stood in a long line of more than 300 people — most of whom were women — that stretched along the narrow alleyways and streets of the Kardasa neighborhood in the Giza governorate. This woman in her 30s carried an empty gas tank and waited for more than five hours to get it filled from the natural gas dispensing warehouse, but to no avail.
As noon approached, Abdelfatah told Al-Monitor that she had been waiting in front of the warehouse since 4 a.m., in a line that did not end or move. No one managed to secure the sought-after refills. “All that we ask for is butane for cooking food and a fresh loaf of bread to eat. But there is no system in place to distribute gas tanks,” she said.
