Miss Moto Maroc is the first all-female motorcycle club in Morocco, the Arab world and in Africa. [1] [2] [3] The club was founded in Casablanca by Dalia Mosbah in 2011. [1] [4] Mosbah claims that the other motorcycle clubs in Morocco were exclusively for men and decided that she wanted to create a club for women bikers. [2] Mosbah says she started the club to break down "the Western image of Muslim women as restricted and oppressed, showing that Moroccan women were as free as their Western counterparts". [5] She wanted to demonstrate Moroccan women's determination and push against the gender taboos. [6] The club hosts an international biker rally called March Moto Madness held in Marrakesh during the same month as International Women's Day. [5] [7] Marrakesh was chosen because of its unique history of women on mopeds and motorcycles since the 1960s [5] and is the subject of Hassan Hajjaj's pop art depiction of women on bikes.
External links
Official page: https://web.archive.org/web/20181119032636/https://www.missmotomaroc.com/
References
- ^ a b "Casablanca: elles n'ont peur de personne en Harley Davidson". fr.le360.ma (in French). Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ^ a b Acerra, Grégoire (2011-12-27). "Miss Moto Maroc : le premier moto-club féminin d'Afrique". Motomag, le site de Moto Magazine (in French). Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ^ ""Miss Moto Maroc", les Marocaines en Harley Davidson". Bladi.net (in French). Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ^ Renton, Constance (2017-04-08). "Miss Moto Maroc Celebrates Female Bikers in Morocco". Morocco World News. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ^ a b c Silcox, John (2019-03-16). "A Muslim woman's place? In Casablanca, it could be burning rubber on a Harley…". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ^ MATIN, LE. "Le Matin - Marrakech abritera la 2e édition de miss Moto Maroc". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ^ "Les bikeuses marocaines se donnent rendez-vous à Marrakech". Al HuffPost Maghreb (in French). 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
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