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Umm Yasser started hiking when she was a child and knows the mountains and the valley by heart. (Photo: AP)

Meet Egypt's first woman who breaks new ground against cultural odds

Women among the Bedouin almost never work outside the home but she breaks all stereotypes.

12 April 2019 10:00 AM IST

Umm Yasser, the first Bedouin female guide from the Hamada tribe, looks at Umm Soliman as she plays the flute, near Wadi Sahw, Abu Zenima, in South Sinai, Egypt. (Photo: AP)

First Bedouin women tour guides at Sinai, Egypt

Women from the deeply conservative Bedouin community of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula are the first to ever step out of their...

10 April 2019 4:26 PM IST