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RSS Feeds`People think we´re from another planet`: meet Karachi`s female cyclists
(The Guardian Pakistan)

 
 

27 june 2019 01:21:27

 
`People think we´re from another planet`: meet Karachi`s female cyclists
(The Guardian Pakistan)
 


Teams of women and girls are among numerous cycle groups increasingly to be seen on the streets of the frenetic Pakistan megacityEarly on Sunday morning in Karachi, a group of girls are riding loops around an empty stretch of road outside the colonial-era Custom House. At 6am they left the narrow alleys of the old neighbourhood of Lyari, branded a war zone by national and international media after a lengthy and brutal gang conflict. Two hours later they are still happily pedalling away, in ballet slippers and with headscarves tucked under helmets.`I used to cycle alone,` says Gullu Badar, 15. `It´s nice to cycle here because there´s no danger, no cars. It feels good that there are other girls cycling with me too.`The ego of our men is very fragile. If someone is trying something new they cannot tolerate it Continue reading...


 
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