Suzanne Mohamed, an Egyptian woman metro train driver, pilots a life-size train simulator at Adly Mansour station in the capital Cairo’s northeastern neighborhood of Heliopolis on May 31, 2022. Photo by Khaled Desouki / AFP
As it prepares to expand to serve a population now exceeding 20 million, the Cairo metro has recruited Egypt’s first female train drivers, a novelty in a country where few women have formal jobs.
Since April,…


