Crossing Central Asia’s remote and rugged Pamirs, one dance step at a time: Story of extraordinary Ismaili women

Islam in Hiking Sandals—and Red Spike Heels | Out of Eden Walk

By Paul Salopek for National Geographic

Over the past four and a half years, while covering nearly 6,000 miles on foot through three subcontinents on the Out of Eden Walk, I have struggled to recruit women guides along my trail.

Read this story of Furough Shakarmamadova and Safina Shoxaydarova –
pioneering female hiking guides, at: nationalgeographic.org

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