Asia | China | Activism

100 women did yoga on that vertigo-inducing glass bridge in China

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A group of 100 fearless women got together for a photoshoot on a glass bridge in China, which spans 900 feet and hangs a vertical 600 feet over the bottom of a gorge between two mountains. The plexiglass bridge was just opened in late September this year in Shiniuzhai park in Pinjiang County, in China's Hunan province. Local reports have billed the yoga stunt as a gathering of yoga enthusiasts, but given the ladies' identical outfits and presence of news photographers, it's likely a publicity exercise for the park.
Middle East | Dubai | Activism

On Dubai’s roads, women hop on Harleys and shatter stereotypes

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"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