Local production provides food self-sufficiency
Vegetable greenhouse projects promoted in Heseke provide food self-sufficiency in the region.
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Searching for a Meaningful Democracy in Syria
Here it was, at last, the signs of the meaningful democracy I was searching for.
Euphrates River Dry Due to Turkey’s Brutal Occupation, Withholding Water
The front lines may have stabilized, yet Turkey’s war on North and East Syria continues through its weaponization of water. The dry river beds of the once-mighty Euphrates River are just another image of the brutality of the illegal Turkish occupation of the region.
Internally Displaced Women Run restaurant in Syria’s north Aleppo Countryside
Along with three other displaced women, Zeyneb Battal, an IDP [internally displaced person] from the city of Afrin, northwest Syria, is busy preparing kibbeh (a fried ball of spiced ground meat, onions, and grain, popular in Middle Eastern cuisine) and other dishes in a small restaurant in the town of Fafeen in the northern Aleppo countryside.
Turkish water policy in Syria and Iraq
In light of the conditions that Syria is currently facing, water has been cut off from North-east Syria and Iraq, and a policy is being pursued to starve and dehydrate millions of innocent civilians. This is not only happening on top of the current political conflicts in the region and its associated inhospitable living conditions but amidst the corona pandemic – all of which is taking place in front of the international community.
Agricultural Employment Rate Increases in Raqqa
In Raqqa, one of the leading cities of agriculture-based economy, employment rate increases with the beginning of the harvest season.
Rojava’s Everyday Democracy
Drawing on first-hand experience in Rojava, Ramazan Mendanlioglu explores how radical decentralisation and self-administration look in practice.
Self-Sufficiency and Cooperation: How North and East Syria’s Cooperatives Seek to Empower Local Economies
In a region that has seen fierce military battles, instability, conflict, and occupation, new efforts at economic cooperatives are taking root.
The Women of Raqqa Are Rebuilding Their Future
Four years since Raqqa was liberated from ISIS, women are playing a leading role in rebuilding the Syrian city. Their activism shows that socialist feminism isn’t just about gender parity in top jobs — it’s about women taking control of their own lives.
Exhibition of Local Products Aims to Strengthen Domestic Economies
The city of Qamishli witnessed the opening of an exhibition of local industries in North and East Syria with the aim of supporting self-sufficiency, bolstering the local economy, encouraging investment, and providing job opportunities in the local market.
Ecology in Times of War
In 2021, too, the war in Kurdistan has a great impact on the struggle for an ecological society there. So we need to take a closer look at how these two issues relate to each other and what an ecological stance can look like in times of war. To that end, Make Rojava Green Again conducted an interview with Kamuran Akın from Humboldt University in Berlin.
COVID and the Solidarity Ethos in North and East Syria
Crisis and suffering have always had the power to bring clarity. When lives are at stake, competing values are inevitably brought into the sharpest relief. Coronavirus has been no different in this basic sense, but even among crises it is remarkable for the sheer scope of its impact and its truly global reach.
