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For Siwar Derbeli a national rice shortage is not just another inconvenient symptom of Tunisia\u2019s stretched\u00a0national finances\u00a0but a source of hunger because the coeliac disease she suffers from means it is one of the few staples she can comfortably eat.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shortages\u00a0of imported goods sold at subsidised rates have been increasing in Tunisia since last year, with wheat, sugar, cooking oil and dairy products periodically disappearing from supermarket shelves along with some\u00a0medicines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although rice is not the most common staple in Tunisia, where bread, pasta and couscous are more frequently eaten, its lack of gluten makes it indispensable for the country\u2019s estimated 100,000 people with coeliac disease \u2013 an autoimmune condition that prompts a dangerous response to gluten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou come home and can\u2019t find the basic food you need to eat. It\u2019s a very unfortunate situation,\u201d said Derbeli, 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her mother, Hasna Arfaoui, was cooking Derbeli\u2019s evening meal with expensive gluten-free pasta that is hard to afford for Arfaoui, an unemployed widow with three children who used to work as a cleaner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have been facing difficulties with her diet, and it has been very tiring for us. The specialised food she needs is expensive and we often struggle to afford it. Basic ingredients like rice are missing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government has denied that shortages are due to the crisis in public finances, with talks for a foreign bailout stalled and credit ratings agencies warning that Tunisia may default on sovereign debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, economists, political analysts and Tunisia\u2019s influential labour union have all said the government is delaying or stopping imports of subsidised goods to help cope with a $5 billion budget deficit despite\u00a0public hardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monji ben Hriz, president of the Tunisian Association for Coeliac Disease, said no ship was due to offload rice until December and that state-held stocks had already run out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some privately imported rice is available, but at a much higher cost that is prohibitive for many Tunisians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople are now enduring real difficulties sourcing rice and there are those who have changed their diet for this reason, jeopardising their health,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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