Siwar Kraytem
Siwar is the brilliant designer behind Beirut’s first and only cycling guide ABCycling in Beirut and also a former bike messenger with Deghri Messengers دغري, and her story with cycling started out of a need for getting around more easily. Siwar’s commutes to university by service were annoying and unpredictable, even though her journey from Mar Elias to Kreitem was not that far. She remembers her childhood going by bike with her father to downtown on Sundays when it would be closed for traffic, “Corniche-style touring on a Sunday”. She had an old bike and decided to fix it and try to cycle to university with a friend who lived close by.