The Kurdish umbrella organisation Kongreya Star supports various cooperatives in Rojava in which women work autonomously and thus stand up for themselves and the community at the same time. There are now 16 new cooperatives in Cizîrê despite the war.
This interview was conducted by the Kurdish-speaking Anarchists Forum (KAF). The Interview is regarding the state of Turkey’s invasion of Rojava, the reaction of the people in Turkey, the impact of the campaign of boycotting Turkish company’s products, its markets and also the attitude of people in Turkey.
Access to the 12,000-year-old settlement of Hasankeyf is now only possible with a special permit. The cultural site in Northern Kurdistan is flooded by the Ilisu dam on the Tigris. With it a unique history is lost.
The women’s cooperatives in Tirbespiyê in Northern Syria are working on building alternatives despite the permanent threat of war and have meanwhile become examples of collective forms of work.
An interview with Sozdar Ehmed of Heseke water bureau regarding the current water situation in Heseke.
Coronavirus case has not been detected in Northern and Eastern Syria so far.
The women are building an alternative to patriarchal society, rediscovering and reestablishing collectively our freedom in an ecological way, health becomes an inescapable topic.
We, the women of Rojava, have been organising under the umbrella organisation Kongra Star since 2005 and are represented today in all areas of life. From the municipalities to self-defence, politics, education and economy, women are autonomously organised in all areas of life. Like cells, which form the entire human body, up to the tissue,
Last March, a reforestation campaign was launched in the northern Syrian town of Raqqa, which had been destroyed by the ISIS terror regime. Since then, around 100,000 olive trees have been planted throughout the city.
Fawza Youssef’s statements came during her participation in the annual meeting of Qamishlo Canton Council for 2019 held in Aram Tikran Hall for Culture and Art in Rumailan town. In her speech, Fawza Youssef touched on the overall current situation in the region, focusing in particular on the economic conditions in light of the depreciation
In Raqqa two sisters have broken the social norm and opened a carpentry workshop. They now work with eight employees. The business is doing well.
The Turkish army stormed the Elok waterworks east of Serêkaniyê, chased away the workers and shut down the plant. The plant represents one of the most important water supply lines for the canton of Hesekê.
