at the same time the high population growth and rapidly changing lifestyles and diets are leading to growing demand for wheat this increasing demand for wheat is not only an arab phenomenon rather it is a worldwide occurrence indicating therefore that ensuring wheat availability will remain at the top of the regional agenda for the foreseeable future it is easily stored and processed into flour that can be used in many culinary preparations making it one of the most important sources of carbohydrates it contains proteins and a wide diversity of minerals vitamins and lipids which makes it highly nutritious especially when combined with other food items such as for example meat legumes and vegetables