Article in other languages: SPA – GER When I first visited Raqqa in 2022 with friends from the Internationalist Commune in Rojava, the consequences of the fight against the Islamic State were still evident everywhere: collapsed houses between the open rows of shops in the city center and bullet holes in the walls of many […]
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Article in other languages: ITA GER FR When we first arrive in the Middle East, and especially in Rojava, we have to learn everything again from the beginning. We have to admit to ourselves that we have not really understood much of the reality here. Everything we have read, heard, and discussed gives us perhaps
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Article in other languages: ITA – GER We will spend a few days in Tabqa, a large Arab majority city on the bank of the Euphrates river, not far from Raqqa. Since its liberation from the Islamic State in 2017, Tabqa is part of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES). For
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In commemoration of the 74th genocide against the Ezidian people we created a mural with a quote of Rêber APO, saying “The freedom of the Ezidis and the freedom of the people of the Middle East are intertwined”. This is our statement: On 3 August 2014, the Islamic State attacked the Shengal region and tried
Dear friends, A few weeks ago I arrived here in the autonomous administration of North-East Syria. What I already saw in this short time impressed me a lot. That’s why I wrote this letter for you, to share what I was able to learn. Before I made the decision to come here, I had been
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Read Full Letter Carta también disponible en inglés, alemán, francés, catalán, portugués, español e italiano. Internationalist Commune of Rojava,01/11/2023
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All my life I could not accept the role of the classical woman in society. It was like a cage that had nothing to do with me. I could not and did not want to meet the expectations that were placed on me as a young woman and sought ways out. I came into contact
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Youth spirit is the fuel of the revolution It’s hard to describe the tour in words or moments, it wasn’t an exact moment that brings back memories or feelings, but overall the tour of Rojava built many feelings, questions and contradictions for me. It is impossible to pass through places like Raqqa, Minbic or Kobane
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