Inspirational Detta Cycles for Middle Eastern Peace ; Real Life Every 18 Months or so, More Than 500 Women From 40 Countries Saddle Up for a Bike Ride Across Some of the Middle East's Most Notorious Trouble Spots. Zita Collinson Talks to Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Detta Regan, Founder of International Charity Follow the Women

Sentinel, The; Stoke-on-Trent (UK) › February 24, 2010

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DETTA Regan cuts an unlikely figure in the turbulent world of Middle Eastern politics.

In fact she would claim her role as the leader of a growing movement for the promotion of peace has come about almost entirely accidentally.

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Inspirational Detta Cycles for Middle Eastern Peace ; Real Life Every 18 Months or so, More Than 500 Women From 40 Countries Saddle Up for a Bike Ride Across Some of the Middle East's Most Notorious Trouble Spots. Zita Collinson Talks to Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Detta Regan, Founder of International Charity Follow the Women

But mother-of-two Detta is in the thick of it all. Every 18 months or so, she heads a convoy of more than 500 women from across the globe through Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and the Palestinian territories.

Their aim is simple but ambitious.

Under the umbrella of the nonpolitical organisation Follow ...

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