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newroz celebrations, rojava, 2011 by maciej moskwa
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newroz celebrations, rojava, 2011 by maciej moskwa
newroz celebrations, rojava, 2011 by maciej moskwa
zilan, a ypj fighter, rojava, 2015 by joey l.
rojava, 2015 by joey l.
xeyri, fighter of the YPG
YPG fighters honor their fallen female comrade diljin nergiz with her portrait taped to their truck-mounted machine gun
jîn, a YPJ fighter, with rocket-propelled grenade launcher
zehara, a fighter of the YPJ
all text and photos by joey l.
a scarf belonging to 17 year old ypj fighter cicek derek who was martyred in kobanî. the scarf was the only thing that could be returned to her family.
"when my mother told cicek, 'please stay with your mother', she answered 'i left to fight for all the mothers of the world. i cannot stay here'." - rojin, cicek’s sister
[newsha tavakolian/time]
a photo of 17 year old ypj fighter cicek derek, who was martyred in kobanî, hangs on a plant. her body was unable to be retrieved. [newsha tavakolian/time]
kurdish women in western kurdistan model traditional kurdish clothing during a fashion show in qamişlo, rojava, 2017
photo by delil souleiman
kobanê, western kurdistan, 2016 by maryam ashrafi