Palestinian 支持する/優勝者s 'drift' car racing for women

Palestinian racer Noor Daoud was the only woman to compete at the drift competition in Sharm el-Sheikh

Palestinian racer Noor Daoud was the only woman to compete at the drift 競争 in Sharm el-Sheikh

Noor Daoud was the only woman to take to the 跡をつける in Egypt's Red Sea 訴える手段/行楽地 of Sharm el-Sheikh, where the Palestinian racer impressed the (人が)群がるs with her "drift" 運動ing 技術s.

Daoud has mastered the art of drift -- deliberately oversteering to make the 後部 wheels skid -- and travelled to Sharm el-Sheikh for a 地域の 競争.

"Since I was little I've become used to 会合 up with the guys to play football or tennis," said the 27-year-old on the sidelines of the 競争.

Racing now 支配するs her life, evident from Instagram where she often 提起する/ポーズをとるs with her 厚い wavy hair 落ちるing over 運動ing leathers.

A competitor in Sharm el-Sheikh shows off their drift skills, deliberately oversteering to make the rear wheels s
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A competitor in Sharm el-Sheikh shows off their drift 技術s, deliberately oversteering to make the 後部 wheels skid

"When I was little, I loved cars and I had a collection of them to play with," said Daoud, a polyglot who was born in the US 明言する/公表する of Texas and went to a French school in Jerusalem.

In Sharm el-Sheikh, she zigzagged around the tarmac 跡をつける and dodged 障害s as 厚い white smoke and 誘発するs (機の)カム off her car.

"There's only one girl!" said a young 熱中している人 of drift, which 現れるd in Japan in the 1970s.

Noor Daoud said she was initially criticised by Palestinians for drift racing

Noor Daoud said she was 最初 criticised by Palestinians for drift racing

Competitors were 裁判官d by a professional パネル盤 on their style and their 運動ing 技術s, which count as much as their 速度(を上げる).

Daoud had to abandon the second 一連の会議、交渉/完成する of the 競争 予定 to engine 失敗, but nonethe いっそう少なく 選ぶd up a トロフィー for her 参加 as the 単独の woman.

She wishes other Arab women would 参加する professional 競争s. "Let Arab girls show the world that we also follow our dreams," she said.

There are however more women racing cars in the 地域, 含むing four other Palestinians who featured と一緒に Daoud in a "速度(を上げる) Sisters" 文書の.

- 運動ing 'to feel 解放する/自由な' -

It has been more than a 10年間 since Daoud first raced, borrowing a car from her mother who she credits as 存在 the 単独の 支持者 of her ambitions.

She learnt drifting "on the streets of パレスチナ" in 2010, before moving to Dubai where she now lives.

"At first, in パレスチナ, people would say to me: 'But what are you doing? The sport is for the guys!'" she said.

"I went for what I want I didn't listen to anyone... When I got successful people started to 尊敬(する)・点 me (and say) 'wow, she did it!'" 追加するd Daoud, who 定期的に takes part in international 競争s.

Drifting is more than just sport and spectacle for Daoud

Drifting is more than just sport and spectacle for Daoud

But drifting is more than just sport and spectacle for Daoud.

"We are under 占領/職業 so this helps us, it helps me to 運動 to feel 解放する/自由な," she said.

East Jerusalem, seen by Palestinians as the 資本/首都 of their 未来 明言する/公表する, an d the West Bank have been 占領するd by イスラエル since 1967.

"I want to show the world that just because we are under 占領/職業, it doesn't mean we will stay 穴を開けるd up in our homes," Daoud said.

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