EmmaLucy Cole - The joys and challenges of being a solo woman researcher, explorer and biker. Sharing more about spending 2 years with a Bedouin tribe in Sinai.

<div>EmmaLucy Cole is a UK-based speaker, writer, explorer and researcher. She is a fellow of the <a href= "https://www.rgs.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.rgs.org/&source=gmail&ust=1606696219343000&usg=AFQjCNFdwn7e9_N2jlFhvPGJfDM9Jk3xFw"><strong>Royal Geographical Society</strong></a>, Associate Fellow of <a href="https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/&source=gmail&ust=1606696219343000&usg=AFQjCNGOrxmmkkhwESpAU0LczgRuyXM8lA"><strong>Higher Education Academy</strong></a> as a lecturer and co-director of the <a href="https://vicariousfestival.com/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://vicariousfestival.com/&source=gmail&ust=1606696219343000&usg=AFQjCNH-5Vnhk99otSS8OO77QY9zZV6-Hg"><strong>Vicarious Festival</strong></a> of Travel Storytelling. EmmaLucy is currently studying towards a PhD at the <a href= "http://www.bristol.ac.uk/english/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/english/&source=gmail&ust=1606696219343000&usg=AFQjCNEmTB8CNktEzlpCZYrMWuVPRwbspQ"><strong>University of Bristol</strong></a>, researching how travel writers represent Arabic and Middle Eastern (SWANA) cultures.</div> <div> </div> <div>After over two decades spent studying and representing North African and Middle Eastern cultures, in 2011 EmmaLucy decided to sell everything she owned in order to spend six weeks with a Bedouin tribe in Sinai, learning Arabic and researching local culture. Two years later she finally left, not only having gained a ginger Bedouin cat (called Bryan) and a myriad of stories, but also witnessing first-hand some of the ways in which marginalised groups can be misrepresented.</div> <div> </div> <div>With this habit of visiting places and forgetting to leave, she has developed the concept of <a href= "https://www.emmalucycole