community/life
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She lives in tent since returning to her village four years ago
Türkan Alayumat, who was displaced to Istanbul after her village was burned down in 1992, returned to her village years later. She lives in the tent she set up on the place where her burned down house was located.
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Fatma Kara dreams of returning to her village with her granddaughter
Fatma Kara, who had to leave her village Hilal located in Şırnak in the 90s when the Turkish forces forced the villagers to become village guards, dreams of returning to her village with her granddaughter.
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Reading gardens raise public awareness
The Intellectual Union of Cizre Region has opened reading gardens to promote reading culture and raise public awareness. Kewser Mardînî says their aim is to create an intellectual society.
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Women of Tell Necma village keep producing
The women living in Tell Tamer’s Tell Necma village play an important role in animal husbandry and agriculture while resisting the ongoing Turkish attacks.
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Milkmaids have to walk three hours every day due to ban
Being banned from going to highlands for security reasons, milkmaids have to walk three hours every day to milk their goats. They demand the lift of the ban.
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Meryem Ismail challenges weight lifting stereotypes
Meryem Ismail, a weightlifter challenging stereotypes, trains hard to achieve successes.
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Women collect wild mountain thyme
In Amed’s Silvan district, women collect wild mountain thyme to use in the kitchen. They consume wild thyme tea and oil because it is good for health.
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Women face risk of harassment and rape in camps in Idlib
Widowed and divorced women staying in special camps in Turkish-occupied Idlib face the risk of harassment and rape.
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Yazidis demand exhumation of mass graves
As the anniversary of the genocide committed by ISIS against the Yazidi community in Shengal is approaching, the Yazidi community demands mass graves be exhumed and the prosecution of ISIS members.
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Women’s House leads social change in Qamishlo Canton
Women’s House, one of the networks created to solve the problems faced by women, leads social change in the Qamishlo Canton of North and East Syria.
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Summer heat deteriorates living conditions of displaced women in Idlib
Displaced women, who struggle to survive in tents, which do not protect them from the heat weather in summer, cannot access food, health services and clean water.
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‘Shara district was famous for its castles, rivers, dams and history before being occupied’
“Since the Turkish state occupied Afrin, the demographic structure of the region has been changed,” said Hemîda Omer Mihemed.
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Emîra Bekir: Rajo was like paradise before it was occupied
In an interview with NuJINHA, Emîra Bekir talked about the history and natural beauty of the Rajo town of Afrin Canton.
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Armenian women become more active in NE Syria
Armenian women, who founded the Armenian Women’s Union of North and East Syria in 2022 to be more active in society, call on the international community not to keep silent against the Turkish attacks on the region.
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Algerian feminist magazine “La Place” to launch its third issue
Algeria's first feminist magazine “La Place” provides a platform for women to express themselves against the male-dominant media, and seeks solutions to women’s problems.
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Bibi Shirin keeps working on her farm despite restrictions of Taliban
After the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, they ordered women to stay at home, not working. Bibi Shirin keeps working on her farm along with her daughters despite the restrictions of the Taliban.
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She develops projects to create employment opportunities for women
Kafaa Al-Khazim has been developing projects to create employment opportunities for women against job restrictions imposed on them in order to change social norms.
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‘Men and women have equal rights in the Yarsan community’
Iranian sociologist S.B. says the Yarsan people are subjected to various discriminations and their identity is denied. “This community has been recognizing women's rights more in the last dozen years following the development in science and culture.”
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Bêrîvan Yûnis: I have torn the curtain of fear in my life with the Rojava Revolution
Bêrîvan Yûnis has torn the curtain of fear in her life by believing in the revolution in North and East Syria. “Following the revolution, women built a new life in the march for freedom,” she said.
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Nurse makes prosthetic legs after losing her leg in ISIS attack
Nejbîr Mihemed Îsmayîl, a nurse in North and East Syria, lost one of her legs in an ISIS attack. Now, she works at the Heyva Sor a Kurd (Kurdish Red Crescent) to make prosthetic legs.