Dozens of Qataris protest price hikes

CAIRO – 24 July 2017: Dozens of Qataris came out into Doha’s streets in protest of the current prices’ hike, a Qatari-led Twitter account named “Qatar_Mubasher” stated on Monday.

#قطر_مباشر | خروج عشرات المتظاهرين في العاصمة الدوحة مقيمين ومواطنين احتجاجاً على ارتفاع اسعار المواد الغذائية

#الا_الكويت_ياقطر pic.twitter.com/0uHdnNSyrd

— قطر مباشر (@qatar_now2) Qatar_Mubasher condemned the price hikes faced by the Qatari nation nowadays, saying that building material prices surged by 400 percent and several goods are disappearing from the market.

#قطر_مباشر |إرتفاع أسعار المواد الغذائية والبناء400%واختفاء العديد من السلع من الاسواق وشتم موزه وتميم والحمدين بدأ يظهر للعلن بين المواطنين pic.twitter.com/947qjHm8EW

— قطر مباشر (@qatar_now2) July 24, 2017

Since the Arab countries severed ties with Qatar, prices have unprecedentedly been increased up to ten times, prominent Qatari opposition figure Khaled El-Heel claimed on Thursday.

“Qatari people are suffering amid the mounting prices due to Tamim’s actions,” Heel added.

Qatar has been immersed in an economic slump since June 5, 2017 after Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, along with Egypt and Bahrain, decided to sever diplomatic and trade relations with Doha, closing their mutual land borders and air spaces.

The neighboring Arab states’ decision came after accusations of Qatar’s support for terrorism surfaced.