Eva Aouad Turk has been an outdoor sports enthusiast since childhood. Growing up as the youngest of five siblings in war-torn Lebanon, her family would regularly pack up their belongings and head to the coast to escape conflict and violence. The shoreline became Eva’s sanctuary, and the place she discovered her passion for swimming, snorkeling, and roller-blading.

It was life by the sea that cultivated Eva’s free spirit and love for nature. After graduating from university, she opened a travel agency, Sport Evasion, that specializes in sports and outdoor tourism. The goal of Sport Evasion was to promote Lebanon as an outdoor sports destination among young professionals and to integrate fitness and sport into corporate culture. “We believe that healthy employees are more productive employees,” Eva says. “Physical activity is not only good for the body, but for the mind and soul. It also positively affects the team spirit of the organization.” Sport Evasion now runs several large-scale football and basketball tournaments for corporate team competition, and focuses on creating fitness opportunities for women.