Tag Archives: Rojava
Posted on November 12, 2019 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Three explosions in the city center of Qamishlo on Monday has left 6 civilians dead and at least 30 wounded, say local reports and AFP. Qamishlo is located in the northeastern region of Rojava near the border with Turkey. It is …
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Syria,
Terror |
Tagged
Kurdish rights,
Rojava,
Syria,
War |
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Posted on November 7, 2019 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
We are not a pitiful people but not one year passes by without a great injustice or tragedy occurring to the Kurdish people. Most recently, the Turkish state launched airstrikes against Rojava, an autonomous administration of Northeastern Syria, marking an …
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Displacements,
Kurdistan,
Turkey |
Tagged
KRG,
Kurds,
Rojava,
Turkey |
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Posted on March 2, 2016 by Naila Bozo
I recognized the importance of Syria in my life through my separation from it. The hours before going to the airport made me feel weak. The departure …
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Kurdistan,
Suppression,
Syria,
Turkey |
Tagged
Assad,
Rojava,
Syria,
YPG |
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Posted on November 15, 2015 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
According to Evrensel Media, the Women’s Commission of Kobane Canton, one of three cantons that make up the Rojava self-rule, has passed new regulations that ban underage marriages, polygamy and exchange of brides within the family. Zêrîn Kutay and Rabîa …
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Kurdistan,
Syria,
Women |
Tagged
Kobane,
Rights,
Rojava,
Syria,
women |
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Posted on July 21, 2015 by Naila Bozo
A few months back, a friend asked me if I could help a photographer translate a few interviews from his trip to Syria and Iraq. I agreed to do it without asking who the photographer was or about the content …
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Uncategorized |
Tagged
Joey L,
PKK,
Rojava,
Yezidi,
YPG,
YPJ |
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Posted on February 1, 2015 by Naila Bozo
The resilience of the Kurdish people in the face of decades upon decades of oppression has awed many people around the world yet elicited no sufficient, if any, pressure from foreign governments. Living in what is described as an “invisible …
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Culture,
Discrimination,
Displacements,
Suppression,
Syria |
Tagged
Kurdish rights,
Kurdistan,
Rojava,
Syria |
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Posted on January 12, 2015 by Naila Bozo
Recently, my friend and fellow Kurdish rights activist Firat Jacob Tas came home from a trip to Kobanê in Rojava (northern Syria) that has been the battleground for intense fighting between Kurdish armed forces YPG/YPJ and the Islamic State (IS) …
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Syria,
Turkey,
Violence |
Tagged
Kurdish,
Rojava,
Syria,
Turkey,
War,
YPG |
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Posted on July 10, 2014 by Naila Bozo
I wonder if we should collect donations, buy some thousand Armani Privé suits from the Spring/Summer 2014 collection, dress up the Kurdish fighters in Syria, instagram it and hashtag it #VogueArmy. Then maybe we will catch the attention of the …
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Syria,
United Nations |
Tagged
Kurds,
Rojava,
Syria,
UN |
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