The women’s revolution of Rojava is unprecedented in the Middle East
An interview with Asya Abdullah, the coordinator of Kongra Star.
An interview with Asya Abdullah, the coordinator of Kongra Star.
An internationalist who has come from his flat native country to meet the people of the mountains, to learn and share the most inspiring revolution of the 21st century wrote an embodied narrative, relating impressions of daily life and the latest tragic events with this upsurge of the Turkish threat on Rojava. The hope of making close what, too often, seems far away while what is played out here, in reality, concerns us all.
Agricultural cooperatives created by women in 8 villages in Qamishlo grow products such as wheat and barley. In a year with good rainfall, women aim for an important harvest.
In northeastern Syria, female traffic officers work hard to direct the traffic and ensure safety. “Women have proven themselves in this field,” said Berivan İsmail, the director of the Cizire Region Traffic Center.
In the women’s village of Jinwar, an ecological economy, women’s solidarity and a common and free life are being built. The residents are now planning new projects in the fields of solar energy, medicine and offers for children.
Women in the city of Raqqa see significant progress in the economic field, because women have proven themselves.
Hêza Hawar, security forces in northeastern Syria, aims to protect the citizens in the region. The members of the Hêza Hawar ask citizens to contact them when they face extraordinary and emergency situations.
On 20 February, 2022, the first conference of the Economy and Agriculture Department of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) was held under the motto “Social economy is the foundation of the democratic nation”. The conference took place in the Serdem Hall in Hasakah city with the aim of discussing the work
Many landowners in Raqqa are planting summer vegetables and expand their farming to achieve self-sufficiency and to use and preserve them for the winter to decrease expenses.
Hussein, along with other women, stands and watches over the crops on the main road between the city of Qamishli, northeast Syria, and Hasakah and prevents anyone from approaching or throwing cigarette stubs or things that might cause a fire in the farmlands.