Arab World News
March 28, 2004 - 19:11
Over 250 women to cycle from Beirut to Amman Jordan Times by Rami=20
Abdelrahman AMMAN =97 Over 250 women from across the world will participate=
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in a bicycle =93march=94 from Beirut to Amman next month to raise awareness=
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women's and children's rights in the Middle East. The organisers, Women for=
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Peace, said on Monday that participants from 25 countries, including=20
Jordan, will set off on bicycles from Beirut on April 18, passing through=20
Lebanese cities into Syria =97where they will stop in Damascus =97 on their=
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to Amman. At a meeting with Amman Mayor Nidal Haddid at Al Hussain Cultural=
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Centre yesterday, Sahar Al Fayez, vice president of the Woman for Peace=20
Society, said the participants were scheduled to arrive in Amman on April=20
23, one day ahead of the Women and Peace Convention. =93We must utilise the=
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arrival of the participants in Jordan to deliver our national vision of=20
peace in the Middle East,=94 Haddid said. He stressed that the participants=
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should find welcoming festivities along their route from the Syrian border=
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to Amman, where a celebration is planned at Al Hussain Cultural Centre. =93W=
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should leave a good impression on participants by showing them Jordanian=20
hospitality, and convey the peaceful image of this march to the world,=94 he=
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said, calling for extra effort to promote coverage of the event. Haddid,=20
who is also the president of the higher committee for the march, said=20
preparations were complete, including accommodation, visas, and=20
coordination with all interested parties.
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