On Dubai’s roads, women hop on Harleys and shatter stereotypes
Source:
PRI
"When I ride, I feel like I own the world."
That's how Dana Adam describes her experience riding a motorcycle — a Harley-Davidson, no less — across the expansive highways of Dubai.
Dana Adam isn't her real name; she's using a pseudonym because she's from a powerful, conservative family in Yemen, where riding a motorcycle was just a dream. "It's not acceptable in Yemen," she says. "No lady rides on a bike. My family never let me do it."
But in Dubai, Dana is following her dream — and she's not the only one. There's a whole group of female riders in Dubai, and reporter