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The Women Taking the Battle to ISIS
Newsha Tavakolian
At the command of a charismatic leader, a cadre of female Kurdish soldiers is taking the battle to the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria.
A colorful scarf is all that is left of Cicek Derek, who was 17 when she died a few months ago in the besieged city of Kobani, Syria, where her compatriots were unable to retrieve her body.
Cicek was one of hundreds of young Kurdish female soldiers who have taken up the fight against ISIS. They’re part of the YPJ, or Women’s Protection Unit, an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a Kurdish nationalist movement that has long fought a war of...
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Newsha Tavakolian
2015
Cicek was killed at the age of 17 in Kobane. The only belonging...
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2015
SYRIA. Derek. Rojava. YPJ flag over the grave of a young female...
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2015
SYRIA. Derek. Rojava. Cicek's picture attached to the branch...
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2015
SYRIA. Derek. Rojava. Portrait of Cicek and her mother with a...
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2015
SYRIA. Derek. Rojava. Cicek's sister, Rojin, 20, seen during...
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2015
SYRIA. Qamishlou. Rojava. People walking past billboard images...
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2015
SYRIA. Terbespe. Rojava. People in the local market of Terbespe,...
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2015
SYRIA. Terbespe. Rojava. Institute for Young Revolutionaries...
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2015
SYRIA. Terbespe. Rojava. Institute for Young Revolutionaries...
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2015
SYRIA. Semalka Border. Rojava. Torin Khairegi, 18, in Zinar base....
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2015
SYRIA. Serikani. Rojava. Saria Zilan, 18, from Amuda.
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2015
SYRIA. Serikani. Rojava. Suzdar, 21, from Qamishlou, joined YPJ...
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2015
SYRIA. Andivar. Rojava. Rokan Rojida, 22, from Amuda: "Four years...
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SYRIA. Serikani. Rojava. Portrait of Beritan Khabat, 20, from...
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SYRIA. Andivar. Rojava. Farashin Mehriva, 21, from Qamishlou:...
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SYRIA. Serikani. Rojava. Zilan Orkesh, 18, from Amuda. She joined...
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Aijan Denis, 20, from Amuda.
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SYRIA. Serikani. Rojava. Fidan Dilow, 19, from Amuda.
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SYRIA. Serikani. Rojava. Baran Osman, 19, from Serikani.
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SYRIA. Amuda. Rojava. YPJ soldiers at the checkpoint, where identity...
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SYRIA. Serikani. Rojava. YPJ members sleeping and watching TV...
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SYRIA. Serikani. Rojava. YPJ fighters at their base in Serikani....
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SYRIA. Derek. Rojava. Wounded YPJ members are leaving the Asayesh...
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SYRIA. Serikani. Rojava. YPJ members sitting in an armed vehicle...
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SYRIA. Serikani. Rojava. YPJ members playing volleyball and other...
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SYRIA. Andivar. Rojava. YPJ fighters during their daily drills...
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SYRIA. Andivar. Rojava. YPJ fighters during their daily drills...
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SYRIA. Serikani. Rojava. YPJ members during their daily training...
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2015
SYRIA. Qamishlou. Rojava. A wedding dress placed outside a bridal...
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2015
SYRIA. Oil field in North Syria. 2015.
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