How has being a mom influenced your decisions for M2M?I am coming to realize that its because I’m a mother that I started down the path I’m on, not in spite of it. I didn’t realize how much having my daughter launched me into this effort until a few A Lange & Sohne Men's watch months back when I started talking about it more.That she is greatly blessed to be born within a culture that affords women [freedom], and because of that, she needs to be aware that not all women have the same rights that she is guaranteed.
I hope that she finds her passion and turns that into work for something bigger than herself. Only time will tell what that passion is. Right now its chocolate and elephants. What is your goal for the Tour of Panjshir?I hope that the Tour connects communities through their love of pedaling to support our projects in a country where women A Lange & Sohne Watch can’t ride bikes. Daughters in areas like Afghanistan don’t deserve less than my own. Are you expecting to unravel thousands of years of culture?More like break through the polluted rhetoric and get back to the roots. In no way do I want to force my culture, my Western ideas on Afghanistan--more that I want to challenge their perceptions.
Deep down, sure, I’d love to come in and smack a few heads and liberate their women Rambo-style. But that’s not helpful, logical, or sustainable. The irony comes that its not religion that prevents women from riding horses or bikes. The Taliban, conservative religion leaders, and others have corrupted the original texts for their own purposes. A Lange & Sohne Grand Saxonia Automatik Men's Their own prophet Mohammad, his wife rode horses. Muslim women in Iran have challenged women to break this taboo.What do you hope your daughter learns from all your
