A bicycle, thousands of miles and a life-changing journey 

The World

In 2015, British journalist Rebecca Lowe decided to bike from her home in London all the way to Tehran, Iran. When she announced the decision to her family and friends, most of them thought she’d gone mad. But she set out anyway and survived to write a book about her adventure. The World’s Shirin Jaafari spoke with Lowe about her book, “Slow Road to Tehran.”

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