Bushra Al-Fusail

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182 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 30 Jun

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The Moth · Cotton Candy and Revolutionary Rides: The Moth Radio Hour · 30 Jun 2026 podcast

So I knew from where to get fuel from the black market.

I knew to which point and which street they're just standing with gallons of petrol.

So I decided to go to the black market and to buy a gallon, which cost me that day, from 80 to 100, used to cost 15 to 5 dollars.

So I was so happy I got the fuel, and I took my car the next morning, and I decided to go to the office.

I started to drive, and I look up, and I started to see men are biking.

And I was like, okay, I felt happy because people are trying to find alternative ways.

And it's not very familiar that bikes in Yemen, to be honest.

And it reminds me as well about my childhood where me and my older sister, Sarah, we used to bike in the old city of Sana'a, which used to be safe and people were open-minded.

And while I was driving, I looked at the other side, I started to see women waiting for public transportation, fully covered from head to toe, holding a very heavy grocery plastic bag on their heads, under a very strong sun.

And it reminded me about why I can't bike anymore.

So Yemen is one of the most patriarchal countries in the Middle East.

And it's not forbidden that women couldn't bike.

It's not against the law, and it's not against the religion.

But it's against the society and against the traditions in Yemen.

And as much as I asked myself, I started to get more angry at why I couldn't continue to bike.

So I started to talk with my friends.

What about we start to bike?

And then I decided just to create a Facebook page called Yemeni Women Bike, just to see what people are going to react about it, and to create a platform that I could just suggest about women biking in this crisis.

So people started to like that page, and I was happy that people started to talk about what if women could bike in Yemen.

And at that time, the Yemeni rebels were having a negotiation with the Saudi coalition for having a ceasefire for three days.

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