Follow the Women

www.followthewomen.com/index.html

Just learned of this. I wish I had found it sooner.

Not sure how to go about raising money for it.

Researching further.

Cool site, heart stopping goals

I'll check this out also. Looks like more to come soon! Thanks for posting this!

cool site. It looks like one signs up for the tour, pays them and that goes to the cause. I don't see any link to pledge although I imagine you could raise pledges.

I may be cynical, but I am very uncomfortable with what I saw on that site. Among other things, if you so much as have an Israeli stamp in your passport you are not allowed into Syria. Period. (That is stated in the FAQ section) Plus, this ride is not about creating peace in the middle east, it's about pushing the arab agenda. If it were about peace, then all countries, Israel included, would be invited. Not even moderate Egypt is on the list. Why?

Well, that's my 2 cents.

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Originally Posted by doc

If it were about peace, then all countries, Israel included, would be invited. Not even moderate Egypt is on the list. Why?

Well, that's my 2 cents.

Don't want to get into a big political discussion, but those were my thoughts, too. I want to see women take the bull by the horns and be inclusive of all women in Middle East. Show the world that peace/prosperity/strength depends on cooperation and compromise between all countries. But I'm thinking this is such a complicated issue, we don't know all the ramifications of having an all-country inclusive ride....

It seems Isreal is included. This is a quick "copy/paste" I pulled from their site under the link 2005 ride:

"There will be evening travel by bus to Quinatra, to the "Shouting Hill" on the Golan Heights and we will pass messages of Peace to the Israeli cycling group and other residents, and we will see them in Jerusalem or Ramallah at the end. The Israeli group will then continue their bike ride and we ours."

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