Passengers, whether men or women, see the Syrian taxi driver, Kinana al-Bunni, with astonished looks when they get into the car she has been working on since the outbreak of the new Corona virus pandemic.
After graduating from an institute of commerce, Kenana realized that working in closed spaces was not suitable for her, so she decided to work as a taxi driver.
For ten years, she was ferrying passengers from Damascus to Beirut, a job which she began by transporting her friends free of charge to the Lebanese capital.
After closing the borders to curb the spread of the virus, I started working for a private taxi company in Damascus.
Kenana, 37, who is raising her two children alone, seeks not only to earn a living for her day, but also to change prevailing perceptions of women’s work.
“In the country, we have a common saying that women do not know leadership, and I am trying to change this idea, and say that women can and may be better than young men,” she says.
With the support of her friends, Kenana was able to overcome the difficulties at the beginning of her path, and she now dreams of owning her own car, or a private taxi company.
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