STORY: These women are ‘revved up’… and challenging established norms in Iran. They're just some of a growing number of women riding motor scooters… some, without a license ... in a country where ...
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Iran's women bikers take the road despite legal, social obstacles
When she first started learning to ride a motorbike, Iranian Maryam Ghelich, now an instructor, would drive through Tehran's ...
When Merat Behnam first gathered enough courage to ride her yellow scooter through the gridlocked streets of Iran ‘s capital to the coffee shop she runs, traffic wasn’t her main worry. Women on ...
Research on women’s use of scooters in Pakistan suggests that ownership and use of two-wheelers can symbolise autonomy and ...
For women in Iran, riding a motorbike is part of a legal grey zone - they can own one, but licences remain off-limits. Yet more and more are taking to the streets anyway. "I used to be really scared ...
In the midst of a mostly man's world in Sturgis, a sisterhood of motorcycle-riders has slowly taken shape at the rally. With bandanas around their heads and braids flowing in the wind, women are ...
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- The oldest women's motorcycle club in Fayetteville is holding its 10th annual ride raising money for breast cancer this Sunday. It's happening in conjunction with Breast ...
ROCHESTER — A little girl was perched on the hip of her mother, waving at 18 women on roaring motorcycles outside of the Back Home Harley-Davidson dealership in Rochester. The women were lined up in a ...
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - KTWU is hosting the 4th annual Women on Wheels Car Show and Motorcycle Ride on Saturday, April 27. According to KTWU, the 4th annual Women on Wheels Car Show and Motorcycle Ride ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — When Merat Behnam first gathered enough courage to ride her yellow scooter through the gridlocked streets of Iran 's capital to the coffee shop she runs, traffic wasn't her main ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — In the beliefs of some conservative clerics and hard-liners, a woman riding a scooter or a motorbike is “tabarruj,” or an excessive flaunting of her beauty prohibited by Islam.
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