Tuk-tuk taxi helps Lebanese mother earn extra cash - in pictures

Economic crisis has forced citizens to diversify their sources of income

Hala Mohammed al-Yaman, Lebanese mother and tuk-tuk driver, stands next to her tuk-tuk at the corniche in the port city of Sidon, Lebanon June 28, 2022. REUTERS / Aziz Taher

Ms Al-Yamam says she sold her gold to buy the tuk-tuk, which helps her to provide for her family.

Her daughter convinced her to buy the three-wheeler a few months ago.

Ms Al-Yamam says she followed her daughter's advice as the cost of living in the country had become very expensive.

He daughter says the family encourages her, 'since she is a woman driving it and she is the first. It is nice to encourage people doing new things'.

Riders say they feel a lot safer with a woman driving.

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