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18 sie 2021 · Tzemach Lemmon takes us into one of these conflicts, that of the fighters of the Kurdish Women’s Protection Unit (YPJ), who were armed by the US in their war against Islamic State (Isis)...
22 lut 2021 · Amna Nawaz: In the years-long battle to retake Northeastern Syria from ISIS, a small, but powerful band of fighters led the way, the women of the YPJ, a Syrian Kurdish force. They fought...
15 lut 2021 · The women of the YPJ saw firsthand the savagery of the Islamic State fighters who raped, killed, and, in some cases, beheaded women, including their friends. Their existential fight against...
10 sie 2021 · The photos document each women's unique path in the hopes to inspire other Muslim-American women and girls by seeing representation from their own community.
15 paź 2019 · An all-women unit, the YPJ claims more than 20,000 members; many are Muslims who reject interpretations of Islam that they see as oppressive. “We are volunteers,” a commander says.
15 paź 2019 · Female Kurdish troops played a crucial role in rescuing the thousands of Yazidis trapped by ISIS on Iraq’s Mount Sinjar in 2014 and liberating the city of Raqqa from the Islamic State in 2017. Currently, women are on the brutal front lines of Afrin.
22 lut 2021 · She was part of the Women’s Protection Units, the all-women’s force that faced off against ISIS on the ground each day, fighting the men of the Islamic State room-by-room and house-by-house...
