In the student union a shawarma sandwich with garnishes of french fries and pickles costs 5 dirhams (about $1.25 U.S.).
In the student union Starbucks, the average drink costs 16 dirhams, or about $4 U.S.
Similar dynamic in Beirut:
I used to joke with my students in Lebanon about the economics of coffee on campus, where one could spend around the equivalent of five dollars for a Caribou Coffee from the student union, or walk outside the main gate and buy an Arabic coffee from an old man on the street for 1,000LL (sixty cents!). Cultural Capital 101: students in Lebanon posting Facebook pics of themselves drinking Caribou while I post pics of myself buying an Arabic coffee from a little old man on Bliss Street.
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