Hundreds of women from around the world took to their bicycles in Lebanon on Tuesday to pedal for regional peace. The third annual “Follow the Women – Women for Peace” bike tour completed its first leg around Lebanon with nearly 250 women riding from Sidon to Beirut – a journey of 50 kilometres that took them about six hours to complete. Many of the Western cyclists said that they were surprised to learn that the Middle East is not what it seems to be in the media. Many Arab participants, for their part, expressed gratitude that so many foreign nationals were so eager to tour the Middle East and learn about the region through other women’s experiences. It’s not world peace, but it could very well be a wheel in the right direction.

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