Word: pita
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Each day at noon, huge lines form behind relief trucks carrying the daily rations of pita bread, tomatoes, cucumbers and cheese. Beneath a tarp of sheets and blankets, Mashama Nawaz, 35, a Pakistani, sits with his wife and three children. His daughter, only two, sleeps on the ground, as relatives try to keep her cool. "Yesterday they gave me one piece of bread and three tomatoes," says Nawaz. "I kept telling them I have children to feed, and they kept saying 'We are sorry...