Teenager Girl Roams “Alone“ for First Time in Conservative Islamic Country Dhaka Bangladesh

This video is about a teenager girl living in Dhaka, Bangladesh and her experiences traveling outside her home in her neighborhood all “by herself“ for the first time in a conservative Islamic country where being a girl outside is dangerous for the World Nomads Travel Film 2019 Travel Film Scholarship Application During my stay in Bangladesh, a pair of bikers who have traveled to 40 countries were visiting. They would’ve been the perfect interview candidate seeing as they had a wealth of travel stories to tell, but to my surprise, it wasn’t they who had the most compelling stories, but it was Meghma, the teenage girl! It was inspiring to see how these boisterous women bikers would turn down their volume, hush up, and listen with glee to Meghma’s stories. Being stuck inside all day studying and such unable to go out freely, and having such a strong mom, must have given something special to Meghma because her desire to go out and see the world and tell great stories is