Eves On Wheels, The Next Chapters

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It's been a long while since I blogged, and I couldn't be happier to make a comeback for one of my biggest project, Eves On Wheels. So many of you know by now how it never was planned to turn it eventually into a project, I don't have resources enough to make that happen, or to take it where it must go to.


As I was interviewing all the gorgeous female cyclists in both Tripoli and Beirut, it was almost always nothing short to pure fun. We'd experiment together, the cyclist who more often than not were not used to being photographed, and myself who's not really used to shooting poses. The effort that's been put, however, has been great by far. We all managed to come up with beautiful photographs that portray each character in liaison with their story, all in a much suitable environment in the frame too. We also managed to get the media to write about us, I personally had been interviewed a handful times on TV and Radio, and so on and so forth.



It's no secret today at all, how much support the project needs to come up to expectations. Starting with the logistical and financial needs to cover harsher parts in Lebanon, I'm just thinking out loud when I mention the Bekaa valley, Beirut's southern suburb, Southern cities such as Saida and Sur. All those aside, the project has been harvesting major appraisals anywhere its news travel to. On the official level, Eves On Wheels has booked an exclusive exhibiting space at the KIP Conference for Sexual Harassment and Discrimination at the AUB, on both March 31st and April 1st, 2017. It has also been officially invited by the Alliance Francaise - Karachi to visit, exhibit, and possibly hold a handful activities related to the topic, such as open talks with community, presentations in universities, public seminars, etc.

Furthermore, the project is given the green flag to visit each of Algeria, Turkey, Pakistan, India, Iran, Egypt, Sudan and Iraq to cover the similar female cycling revolution, where women alike are claiming back their rights in male-dominated societies. Countries like Syria, Jordan, Tunis, Morocco and many others could also be fertile lands for similar initiatives, on the hopes to create a virtual support platform for all these women just like it did in Lebanon.

The "Eves On Wheels" project has, by words of others, raised the spirits of so many of its Eves who were in dire need to feel any sort of support at a given time, due to knockdowns by their own families and communities at times. And I personally cannot imagine the support the project will transfer to other women elsewhere too.

Crowdfunding page on Generosity
For all the above, I have started a crowdfunder recently that would remain active until the project sustains itself for a couple more year. I have therefore asked for 2,000USD that would cover printing costs for the exhibition at the KIP, in addition to the trip costs to Karachi and hopefully to other cities in Pakistan.

If you ever feel like supporting the project, giving it a much needed push, here's what you can do:
  1. Donate: by visiting the crowdfunder on Generosity:
  2. Share among your friends, call or send emails.
  3. Share on social media and invite your friends.
  4. Put me in touch with somebody who might be interested in sponsoring the project. Said sponsor has to have some relation to cycling, might be a cycling company, a bicycle shop, and so on.
I'm personally aware of how crucial this stage is to the project. It's very much clear to me that I'm either able to sustain the project and grow it into something more impactful, or just basically enjoying the thrill of the upcoming exhibition and then leave everything to be forgotten over time.

A video of last year's exhibition at Beit El Nessim:




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