She Travels pushes women beyond their limits
Photo: Menna Shahin, She Travels / Courtesy of She Travels
When you’ve been shot down by your parents and society too many times, “no” becomes your biggest motivation to change those around you. For Menna Shahin, a 29-year-old pharmacist from Egypt, that meant breaking away from the stereotype of the ‘good girl’ in the eyes of her society.
Menna wanted to travel and explore the world and was eager to learn about new cultures, meet new people, and to actively change how people saw Arabs. “It all started three years ago, when I decided to go on a month-long Euro trip all by myself,” Menna told My Salaam. “It took a lot of effort to convince my parents to [give me permission to] travel, let alone travel solo, but after months building trust and fully supporting myself financially, I proved to them that I’m capable of carrying my own weight and that there’s nothing to worry about.”
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