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The slow road to Tehran, a revelatory bike ride through Europe and the Middle East, Rebecca Lowe

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The slow road to Tehran, a revelatory bike ride through Europe and the Middle East, Rebecca Lowe

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographic references

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Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The slow road to Tehran

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1280196199

Responsibility statement

Rebecca Lowe

Sub title

a revelatory bike ride through Europe and the Middle East

Summary

In 2015, as the Syrian War raged and the refugee crisis reached its peak, Rebecca Lowe set off on her bicycle across the Middle East. Driven by a desire to learn more about this troubled region and its relationship with the West, Lowe's 11,000-kilometre journey took her through Europe to Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, the Gulf and finally to Iran. It was an odyssey through landscapes and history that captured her heart, but also a deeply challenging cycle across mountains, deserts and repressive police states that nearly defeated her. Plagued by punctures and battling temperatures ranging from -6 to 48C, Lowe was rescued frequently by farmers and refugees, villagers and urbanites alike, and relied almost entirely on the kindness and hospitality of locals to complete this living portrait of the modern Middle East. This is her evocative, deeply researched and often very funny account of her travels - and the people, politics and culture she encountered., provided by www.amazon.com

Target audience

adult

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