TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lowe,Rebecca
TI  - The slow road to Tehran: a revelatory bike ride through Europe and the Middle East 
SN  - 1914613023
PY  - 2022///
CY  - [England]
PB  - September Publishing
KW  - Lowe, Rebecca
KW  - Bicycle touring
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Europe
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - Travel writing
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographic references; The lure of the unknown -- Borderlands -- Between the cross and the crescent moon -- The frontline of tolerance -- Man-world country -- The long ride to freedom -- The imprint of the desert -- Brave new world -- A tale of two countries -- Secrets and dreams
N2  - 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
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