Sharif, Tajzan
YPJ is Breaking the Religious Shackles in Middle East
Behind every narrative, there is an untold truth, and this is what the research in hand aims to reveal. There are several reasons behind the increase of the Kurdish female fighters. These reasons range from a common enemy to the desire to change the society in which these women live. The YPJ is a great example of a group with a feminist ideology whose dedication and purpose is to fight against the Islamic belief that women cannot participate in either politics or combat.
The Kurds are the largest ethnic group in the world that is without an official state. Throughout history, the Kurds have been oppressed by colonizing states today know as Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran. It was not enough that the Kurds were denied their rights as humans, but they were the wrong kind of people, which led to Arabization and Islamization. The author will not take a specific time frame but rather analyze the phenomenon from a point of view where Islam is the cultural colonizer. This research explains in detail how de-colonization is appearing in a semi-autonomous region called Rojava. The case example of the research is an all-female unit called YPJ. The YPJ unit itself is revolutionary, but the unit alone does not explain the reasons behind the rise of female warriors in combat. Behind the revolutionary phenomenon is a man called Abdullah Öcalan and his thoughts of a better world for all women in the world. The keyword for this revolution is Democratic Confederalism.
Avainsanat: kurdistan, Rojava, YPJ, Kurds, Female Fighters
- Tekijä(t)
- Sharif, Tajzan
- Julkaisija
- Books on Demand
- Julkaisuvuosi
- 2018
- Kieli
- en
- Painos
- 1
- Sivumäärä
- 124 sivua
- Kategoria
- Historia
- Tiedostomuoto
- E-kirja
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9789528051497
- Painetun ISBN
- 9789523399426