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Cycling for Syria

Many bike riders in front of spectacular coastal scenery
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Cycling for Syria

Bevin Liu

With the world in the grip of a global COVID-19 pandemic and country-wide shutdowns, it’s easy to overlook those struggling to survive as a result of wars far away.

The shift in media focus however, hasn’t changed the reality that the war in Syria has left tens of thousands displaced or orphaned.

On Sunday March 22, 35 cyclists of Muslim faith set out on an 85km ride from Lakemba Mosque to Stuart Park in North Wollongong, to raise money for those in desperate need.

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I think that any minority person would do that for self protection, particularly in the 60s and 70s. People were jailed for being gay. They were sent to institutions, they were given electric shock treatment.

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