Three bakeries opened by the Zenobiya Women’s Office in Raqqa, producing, sele bread, darnak bread and various types of fetayir made especially in Raqqa. There are around a dozen women working autonomously in these bakeries from 7am to 4pm to fulfil the needs of the local people and find solutions for providing bread in the economic crisis the region is going through.
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 buildings. But the city also radiated something
Women in the city of Raqqa see significant progress in the economic field, because women have proven themselves.
