Egyptians lampoon one dollar Ramadan bonus

About 25 percent of Egyptians live in poverty according to the World Bank [Getty]

The Egyptian government's offer of a seven pound ($1) bonus payment for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan has sparked widespread ridicule among Egyptians on social media. The country's Minister for Supplies Khaled Hanafi said on Monday that he hoped the amount would help Egyptians buy what they needed for the month.

The sum, which could buy either four and a half falafel sandwiches, five kilos of bananas, or three packets of potato chips prompted a series of sardonic posts of social media sites.

A resulting hashtag, which translates to " What will I do with seven pounds? ", poked fun at Hanafi, and Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, picking up more than 11,000 mentions according to social media analytics site, Topsy.
In one image, borrowing a scene from an old Egyptian movie, a man is seen telling his wife that they could not afford to spend anymore in Ramadan. The woman replies telling her husband not to worry because the goverment was planning to gift them seven pound in the holy month.
Another user said the money could be put towards buying a new Ferrari.