In recent years, it has become quite common to come across females riding bikes in Cairo streets, after it was a practice that the majority of females had shied away from due to unfathomable cultural barriers. However, Cairo Cycling Geckos (CCG) decided not only to let females ride bicycles, but to do it with a benevolent cause to help underprivileged people and refugees in Cairo. A group of girls who ride bicycles are now recognized for who they are and for what they ride their bicycles for. Founder of the initiative CCG Nouran Salah speaks to Egyptian Streets about her initiative that kicked off about two years ago. “What triggered me to start was that I used to ride a bike, and people would whistle and cheer as if I was in a circus,” Salah says. “Instead of being motivated for riding a bike, I was provoked because I didn’t want girls to feel that they are spotlighted for riding a bike.” Ramadan was approaching at the time, and Salah decided to distribute meals for the underprivileged by her bike and thought of involving other girls to help her out….
