Medio Oriente
Il Medio Oriente è una regione situata tra l' Asia Occidentale, il Nord Africa e l'Africa Orientale. Tuttavia, non ha dei confini ben chiari e a seconda di diverse interpretazioni, può coinvolgere Paesi apparatenenti all Asia Meridionale e Centrale.
Le nazioni indicate di seguito vengono di solito ritenute appartenenti al Medio Oriente: <map lat='30.06909396443887' lng='33.837890625' zoom='3' view='0' float='right' />
- 20px Afghanistan
Algeria
Bahrain- 20px Djibouti
Egitto- 30px Eritrea
Iran- 30px Iraq
Israele
Giordania
Kuwait
Libano
Libia- 30px Marocco
Territori Palestinesi Occupati- 20px Oman
Qatar
Arabia Saudita- 20px Somalia
Sudan
Repubblica Araba di Siria
Tunisia- 20px Turchia
Emirati Arabi Uniti- 20px Yemen
Cipro, Pakistan, Sahara Occidentale e altri Paesi vengono talvolta inclusi nella regione mediorientale. Vedi la mappa qui sotto per maggiori dettagli.
Autostop al femminile
Da tradurre!alex: As the question and discussion comes up regularly, I would like to devote a couple of thoughts to the topic “Hitchhiking as female”, even though I can only give limited information regarding this as I am male and the experiences are only second hand and interpretative. I can say that the people that I, and when I was with a female companion, met during my journey (and the four months I stayed in Yemen before that) brought a lot of respect into the encounter we had in Yemen. This is also what was reported from many other female moving solo in bigger cities. Further, I felt that the social pressure towards adequate behaviour in public is very high in the Middle East, meaning that people usually will not behave inappropriately when other people are around and watch or when the attention is brought on a person (thus in awkward situations taking people out of the anonymity helps!). Arguable, males in Arabic societies do have less contact with females (and the other way around) and many prejudices exist (on both sides), about Western women and Arabic societies and men which does not make the issue easier. Nevertheless, the guys I met and talked to are males like in other places and their needs and jokes are not much different. Generally, there are risks in all societies, and I think one cannot argue whether they are higher in the one or in the other (unknown) society. From my experiences and perspective there is no discussion whether females that hitchhike in the West, and came to a understanding and handling of the risks, should or should not hitchhike in the East.
Link
- Guida per ragazze per fare autostop in Turchia
- Appunti riguardo l'autostop al femminile in Medio Oriente
- Just hitching rides: A journey from Eid to Christmas (Hitchhiking from Yemen to Germany), abgefahren Blogs
