DUBAI: Hundreds of people gather, pushing toward the front with their arms outstretched, holding empty plates and containers in the hope of securing a meagre meal that may be all they eat that day. They wait for food parcels that have become part of daily life, with no guarantee of when the next distribution will come, if it comes at all, or whether there will be enough to feed everyone at home. Parents forgo meals as their children cry out in hunger, their stomachs still gnawing with pain. This
