A female Kurdish fighter from the Popular Protection Units (YPG) points her weapon as she takes up a position to guard an area in Aleppo in June. (Nour Kelze/Reuters)
Against All Odds, Female Reporters Lead in Syria -- The Daily Beast
Women both domestic and foreign are bringing to light the untold stories of Syria’s brutal civil war.
Still audible through the increasingly sectarian cacophony of Syria’s ongoing civil war, a small but influential group of Syrian and foreign women are telling the stories of the country’s destruction in unique and meaningful ways. Present in all aspects of the conflict, women are penning the history of Syria.
From the very beginnings of the initial and peaceful opposition to Bashar al-Assad’s Baathist regime, Syrian women have played a powerful role. Samar Yazbek, a female Syrian writer and journalist—herself an Alawite, a member of a religious group traditionally associated with the regime—was among the women who initiated oppositional activism. Women, she says, were among the first who went out and protested: “They organized these protests, formed coordinations and organizational bodies.”
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My Comment: I never felt comfortable with the idea of women covering war zones .... but we are living in a new era today .... and many women are taking advantage of these opportunities.
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If the woman in the picture is in real Indian country she doesn't have long to live.
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