Syrian Feminists

Laila Mustafa meets with fellow co-president Sheikh Faruk al-Meshi of the Raqqa Civil Council, Christian women set up checkpoints in Hasakah, the mother of politician Hevrin Khalaf, killed by Turkish-controlled jihadists for her political beliefs, grieves at her daughter’s grave, and Arabic and Kurdish women lead the feminist organization Kongreya Star in Qamishli. In Northern Syria, independent women are beginning to take power across political, cultural and military spheres.