Women at wheel of 'pink taxis' challenge Jordan norms

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Women at wheel of 'pink taxis' challenge Jordan norms
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By Kamal Taha (AFP)     6 hours ago in World

Nisrin Akoubeh checks the oil and water before getting into her taxi and pulling into Amman's heavy traffic for another day of shuttling fellow women across the Jordanian capital.

The red-haired mother of three works a gruelling 10-hour shift in her taxi -- a rare occupation for a woman in this conservative Muslim society.

"I want to break the culture of shame and prove to Arabs and the Arab world that women are strong and are able to work in any area that could be monopolised by men," she said.

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Catching up.


Mme Decourcelle, first female taxi driver in Paris, 1909.

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I can see some "honor" murders on the horizon.