Interview: “They may take our braids, but our dignity and our ideas cannot be eradicated” – Ruksen Mohamed, spokesperson of the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ)

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Ruksen Mohamed, spokesperson of the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ), speaks about the role of women taking up arms since the beginning of the revolution and YPJ’s future in the integration process with the Syrian Transitional Government (STG),…

Interview – Sara Organization

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Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. RIC interviewed Arzo Tammo, the coordinator of Sara’s Qamishlo center. Sara is an organization specifically created to address violence against women, such as combating…

Interview – Zenobia Women’s Gathering

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L to R: Buthina Abod and Miyada al-Ahmed [July 2024] “We're here to be a real source of support for women, helping them understand their role in the workplace and within their families.” RIC spoke to Zenobia Women’s Gathering,…

After surviving ISIS and a civil war, these Syrian women built a female-only village – CNN, US

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Original article by Loumay Alesali and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN. Fatma Emin's life changed forever when her husband died in the Syrian war, killed by ISIS in a land mine attack. It triggered a series of events that would bring her to…

Our treatment of the ‘Isis matchmaker’ will only create the Islamist terrorists of the future

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Original article by Robert Verkaik, the Independent, 3 April 2019 The destruction of Isis as many problems as it has solved – none more so than the plight of dozens of British women who travelled to Syria and…

British jihadi known as the ‘ISIS matchmaker’ is found in a Syrian refugee camp – Daily Mail, UK

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Original article by Emer Scully For Mailonline, Daily Mail. A GUN-toting jihadi known as ‘the ISIS matchmaker’ has been found in a refugee camp in northern Syria, it was reported last night. Tooba Gondal, now 25, left her home in…

I eradicated Isis with my women comrades. Now our aim is to spread feminism across the Middle East – The Independent, UK

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Original article by Amara Şervan, The Independent, 25 March 2019 I decided to join the YPJ in 2013. From the very start, Rimelan until Derik, Tel Kocer, Sere Kaniye, Manbij, Shengal, until now in Deir Ezzor, in every campaign, we went…

Anonymous heroines of Syria face ISIS & patriarchy – TV3, Catalonia

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Original article by Txell Feixas, TV3, Feb 2, 2019. El conflicte sirià ens ha sorprès, durant gairebé vuit anys, superant llindars de crueltat cada cop més inhumans. Per això, en aquest país es poden sentir ara testimonis de resistència…