community/life
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Women provide free meals to orphans, poor families
Metbexa El-Firdews (El-Firdews’s Kitchen), a charity organization, has provided free meals to orphans and poor families since its foundation. The organization distributes free meals to anyone in need during Ramadan.
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Call from Zehra Semo against war crimes faced by women
Stating that serious crimes have been committed against women living in the areas under the control of Turkey and its paramilitary groups, Zehra Semo calls on the international community to break their silence against these crimes.
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“We work to empower Palestinian women in all areas”
“Our aim is to empower women economically, politically, socially, and psychologically,” Haneen Ahmed Alsammak, CEO of the Zeina Cooperative Association for Handicraft (ZAC), said that the cooperative culture should spread.
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Faryal al-Kofhi to publish cookbook containing 250 traditional Jordanian food recipes
Faryal al-Kofhi, a famous chef in Jordan, is going to publish a cookbook containing 250 traditional Jordanian food recipes.
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“Disabled women and girls are ignored”
There are more than 35,000 people with disabilities in the Gaza Strip and about 25,000 of them are women and girls.
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Survivor of Anfal Genocide: Piroz Kerim Salih
Piroz Kerim Salih, who lost her three children and survived the Anfal genocide against the Kurds in the Germian region, says her pain is still fresh although 33 years have passed.
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7 members of family of 9 killed in Anfal genocide
The Ba'athist regime killed seven members of a family of nine in the Anfal genocide that was committed against the Kurds in Iraq between 1986 and 1989. Only Omer and Renkin survived the genocide.
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Poor conditions in refugee camps negatively affect children
Dr. Besam Al-Nawaf states that children living in the refugee camps in northern Syria are badly affected by environmental pollution and calls for the establishment of health centers and emergency centers in the camps.
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Yemeni activists: Other countries need experience like YPJ
The Yemeni activists, who think that the formation of the YPJ is valuable and courageous, say that women in other countries suffering from wars and conflicts need an experience like the YPJ.
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Tunisian women: YPJ becomes a role model and hope for the whole world
Tunisian women say YPJ has become a hope for them and a role model for the whole world.
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Expropriation: Life and peace destroyed in Ben û Sen
Ben û Sen, one of the neighborhoods of Diyarbakır’s Yenişehir district, was expropriated as part of the restoration project that started in Sur last year.
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“War crimes committed in Afrin threaten the whole world”
“War crimes committed in Afrin threaten the whole world,” Emine Mele Hesen, deputy head of the Afrin Region Women's Council, said that a dirty policy has been carried out against women.
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“Education saves societies from destruction”
Amara Berkel, a member of the Democratic Society Academy, notes that the education system in NE Syria is built on the Democratic Nation model and says, “Education saves societies from destruction by raising awareness.”
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Egyptian activists: YPJ was formed as a result of struggle against gender-based violence
Speaking about how the experience of the YPJ is important, Egyptian activists say that the YPJ was formed as a result of the struggle of women in northeastern Syria against gender-based violence.
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Women victims of war face many difficulties in Idlib
Women, who have lost their limbs in the Syrian war, have been facing many difficulties in Idlib. They say they didn't only lose their arms or legs but also their dreams.
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Call from displaced women of Afrin to international community: End the silence
Women, who had to leave Afrin and live in Shahba, state that people, particularly women, have faced inhumane practices in Afrin. They call on the international community to raise their voices.
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Lebanese activists: YPJ is a leading force
Lebanese activists state that the members of the YPJ are at the frontline in every battle to defend women and their lands and demand that the YPJ should be recognized and known all around the world.
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Displaced people of Afrin: Turkey should be held accountable
The people of Afrin, who were forcibly displaced from their homeland to Shahba, are determined to resist the invaders despite all challenges. They demand Turkey to be held accountable for its crimes in Afrin.
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Nihal Abu Deqqa: Widows are deprived of many rights in Gaza
Nihal Abu Daqqa, a lawyer of the Al Awda Community Center in Bani Suhaila, draws attention to the problems faced by widows in the Gaza Strip and says the center has provided support to them.
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Afghan girls want to return to school: School is our second home
On March 23, Afghan girls went to school but they were sent back home. We spoke to several of them.