Since the beginning of 2015, “Mesopotamia Ecology Movement”, which was formed in 2011, has entered an important process of restructuring itself. Under a new structure and with profounder political claims, more and more people are getting involved for a more ecological society, producing a new dynamic which will have short- and long-term positive effects on Northern Kurdistan.
The first conference of al-Jazeera region Medical union started today in which more than 200 doctors participated.
Under the slogan “Plant and Revive the Land”, and to revive women’s heritage work, the Economy of Women in northern and eastern Syria today held the first wheat festival.
On September 7, The Self-Administration of North and East of Syria celebrated its first anniversary of its establishment in Ein Eisa, with participation of various components of Northern and Eastern Syria from clans and civil institutions, in addition to participation of the Syrian Democratic Council and a delegation from International Coalition to fight ISIS. During
16 million Syrian pounds, which is currently the equivalent of just over 30 thousand US dollars. That’s how much it would cost to complete the construction of the new social centre in the northern Syrian village of Jarodî. A huge fortune. A decent salary in Rojava is between 70 and 100 thousand Syrian pounds a
Fouad Abdo is a farmer from the village of Batirzani, near the border wall that divides Rojava from Turkish-occupied Kurdish regions to the north. His small farm and the village are unusually green for this time of year in north-eastern Syria, thanks to a nearby freshwater spring. Just outside the village lies the melon patch where he was standing when he was attacked by Turkish border guards.
A plastic plate with pink flowers is floating in the small water basin underneath the trees on the northern bank of the Euphrates. On its rim small glasses of fresh tea are standing. Five broken plastic chairs around it. In one of the trees a yellow garden hose is wrapped around a branch. Tiny holes
This article, submitted to C&C by the Make Rojava Green Again campaign, introduces an important attempt to build a democratic, feminist and ecologist society. We look forward to further discussion of the Rojava project. The book Make Rojava Green Again can be read online or purchased in hard copy, from the MRGA website, In 2011, in the context
It is cities like Kobane or Qamishlo which are best known outside of Rojava as strongholds of the revolution, strung out along the heavily-mined border wall separating them from their sister cities in Turkish-occupied Kurdistan.
After 8 months of continuous work, the Autonomous Administration in northern and eastern Syria today opened “Al-Sor Pump Station”, which provides water for about 200 thousand people in Deir ez-Zor.
All of a sudden, the door to one of the bedrooms bursts open, and a comrade shouts, “Wake up! There is a fire outside!”
If Reber Apo, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdish liberation movement, was a gardener, I would expect his garden to be colourful and wild, spilling out beyond its borders, a glorious mixture of vegetables, trees, flowers and vines. Drawing on his writings on political transformation, I imagine him to be a permaculturalist, creating gardens based on the wisdom of nature.
