ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Food riots in the Middle East

Okay kiddo, so imagine you have a bunch of friends over for a sleepover and your mom tells you that there's only enough pizza for two people. How would you feel? Sad and angry, right?

Well, imagine that the whole neighborhood was promised pizza for dinner but when they got to the pizza place, they found out that there wasn't enough pizza for everyone. That's kind of what's happening in the Middle East with food.

People there are getting upset and angry because there isn't enough food to go around. Some people are really hungry and they don't have enough money to buy the food they need.

When people get really hungry and desperate, sometimes they start to protest and even fight for food. This is called a food riot.

It's a big problem in the Middle East right now because the cost of food has gone up a lot and some people just can't afford it anymore. This makes them really upset and sometimes they end up getting in trouble with the police because they're so desperate for food.

So, just like you would be upset if you didn't get enough pizza at your sleepover, people in the Middle East are upset because they don't have enough food to eat. And when people get really hungry and desperate, they sometimes start to protest and even fight for food.