By Nada Deyaa’, Daily News Egypt Last Friday, while returning to his home town Cairo after completing 7,000km on the road with his beloved bicycle, as part of the Cairo Half Marathon, cheers from the participants welcomed Galal Zekri-Chatila, who had just ended his journey around Egypt. While trying to promote domestic tourism, Zekri-Chatila, who hit the road five months ago with only the basic needs for survival, never thought that the day he returned from his journey would see so many people waiting and celebrating his success. “I never thought I would find this huge amount of interaction from people,” he said. Being stopped every now and then in the middle of the marathon for a selfie or people screaming his name out loud, were all new experiences for him. “It was like I’m a celebrity!” he laughed. Recalling the start of his 145 days away from home, he assured that he would never have changed anything he went through. Zekri-Chatila wanted to prove to people that Egypt is safe, and that all the terrorism people hear about from is far away from the nature of “pure-hearted Egyptians”. It was…
