A Road Unforeseen Women Fight the Islamic State
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Title: A Road Unforeseen Women Fight the Islamic State
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 335
Release Date: 2016
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A secular feminist army courageously challenges the Islamic State
In war-torn northern Syria, a democratic society--based on secularism, ethnic inclusiveness, and gender equality--has won significant victories against the Islamic State, or Daesh, with women on the front lines as fierce warriors and leaders.A Road Unforeseen recounts the dramatic, underreported history of the Rojava Kurds, whose all-women militia was instrumental in the perilous mountaintop rescue of tens of thousands of civilians besieged in Iraq. Up to that point, the Islamic State had seemed invincible. Yet these women helped vanquish them, bringing the first half of the refugees to safety within twenty-four hours.
Who are the revolutionary women of Rojava and what lessons can we learn from their heroic story? How does their political philosophy differ from that of Iraqi Kurdistan, the Islamic State, and Turkey? And will the politics of the twenty-first century be shaped by the opposition between these political models?
EAN: 9781942658108
Package Dimensions: Height: 9.25 Inches, Length: 6.25 Inches, Weight: 0.99869404686 Pounds, Width: 1 Inches
Languages: en
