Reflections of a Kurdish Feminist
It is a time of revolution and resistance. It is a time of liberation and Rojava. It is the time that ISIS is ending. They are the candles of hope that burn bright, resisting and lighting the way for us as the winds of terror and hatred continue to blow.
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Islamophobia, Christchurch and the Failure of White-Centric Democracies. Yesterday, a horrific shooting occurred in the city of Christchurch, in an
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Overall, the revolutionary, gender liberating aspect of this freedom-grounded notion of beauty deserves much academic and scholarly attention. The existence and ongoing development of the concept of Jineology embodies that process perfectly, and doesn’t need the well-intentioned but often ill-informed input of feminists from abroad.
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International opinion was unanimous in agreeing that the Kurds (i.e. the PYD party and their YPG & YPJ units), under
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If you want freedom you have to take it! You cannot appeal to the conscience of the imperialists, the colonialists,
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“A society cannot be democratic towards ethno-religious minorities or be truly gender progressive if it cannot first and foremost demonstrate
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Inhumane images are coming out of the US-Mexico border with desperate people seeking asylum, including children and toddlers tear gassed
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No, The Privileged Will Never Understand. The privileged: those who live in safety, who hold passports of war mongering
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I read a poem recently about kindness. It spoke of how we should feel for the suffering, the oppressed, the
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It is deeply problematic when solidarity movements and allies function on the expectation of gratitude from the marginalized. Allies should
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