Challenging the Middle Eastern Myth
Rebecca Lowe |
TEDxKingstonUponThames
• January 2018
The Western image of the Islamic world can be summed up in three words: bombs; burqas; bigotry. In July 2015, Rebecca Lowe set off for a year-long solo cycle through the Middle East to challenge this selective narrative and tell the stories of the people and communities she met along the way: the everyday 99.9% who rarely make the headlines.