The group claimed that the warehouses likely contained a shipment of Iranian rockets. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based opposition war monitor, said in a statement that Israel fired four missiles targeting a runway at the Aleppo International Airport and warehouses surrounding it. The Syrian government did not report any casualties. Israel launched a missile attack on Wednesday targeting the airport in the Syrian city of Aleppo, Syrian state media said, citing a military source. With the Cairo metro planning to add three new lines as well as Egypt’s first monorail system, Omar said she hoped her example would help “pave the way for other women” to become train drivers and ensure “that there’s a lot of us.” Moroccan Saida Abad became the first female train driver in Africa and the Arab world in 1999. Launched in 1987, the Cairo metro is the oldest in the Arab world but it has fallen behind other Arab countries in providing employment opportunities for women. “They doubted my skills and said they didn’t feel safe with a woman at the controls.” She said she could understand “they were surprised” in a country where women have limited access to many careers. The other, Suzanne Mohamed, 32, recalled the first time commuters on the platform saw her in the driver’s cab. Omar was one of two women accepted for the training program run by Egypt’s National Authority for Tunnels in cooperation with RATP-Dev. She said drivers had to remain “extremely vigilant for long hours” during a six-day working week. Omar said the tests for would-be drivers had been grueling, requiring candidates to demonstrate their “attention span” and “endurance.”
“My husband was enthusiastic from the start and always encouraged me.”Ī key factor had been the exemption from night shifts offered to women drivers, she said. “My parents found it strange at first but they ended up supporting me,” she said. Omar acknowledged that she had been lucky to have the support of her family. “I have several thousand lives in my hands every day,” the 30-year-old said, proudly wearing a fluorescent jacket emblazoned with the RATP-Dev logo of the foreign operations arm of the Paris metro beneath her black and white headscarf. The Cairo metro itself provides reserved carriages for women who do not wish to ride with men in an attempt to provide protection against sexual harassment.īusiness graduate and mother of two Hind Omar said she had rushed to apply to be a train driver, eager to be a pioneer in a country where only 14.3 percent of women are in formal employment, according to 2020 figures.Egyptian women have had the right to vote and stand for office since 1956, but patriarchal legislation and a male-dominated culture have severely limited personal rights.
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