Mixed-faith families at risk in Iraq: ‘Rejected by the Muslims and by the Yezidis’

    Mixed-faith families at risk in Iraq: ‘Rejected by the Muslims and by the Yezidis’

    Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, can be a difficult location for mixed-faith families due to its conservative traditions. Photo Credit: Zozan Yaşar.Photo credit: Photo Credit: Zozan Yaşar. Mixed-faith families at risk in Iraq: ‘Rejected by the Muslims and by the Yezidis’ by Zozan Yaşar and Thomas McGee 11 August 2020 Since 2014, the Islamic State has visited unprecedented violence and...

    Rhino Refugee Camp

    Rhino Refugee Camp

    Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement is in Arua District in northwestern Uganda. It was opened in 1980 and expanded in the wake of the South Sudanese civil war to host the sudden influx of refugees into Northern Uganda. Background Information About Rhino Refugee Camp Training The #ASKnet innovation training programme is an initiative by r0g_agency for open culture and critical transformation gGmbH (Berlin), in collaboration with CTEN...

    “As a survivor of a genocide, it is so difficult to sleep”

    “As a survivor of a genocide, it is so difficult to sleep”

    Five years ago, Majhor Abdullah Hagi witnessed the slaughter of thousands of his fellow Yezidi people at the hands of Isis. Now in the UK, he is fighting for the right to a new life, free from persecution. The Guardian By Zozan Yasar “I’m really frustrated with the government for its lack of support to me as a survivor of genocide, but at the...

    Kurdish Politicians Are at Risk For Coronavirus in Turkey’s Prisons

    Kurdish Politicians Are at Risk For Coronavirus in Turkey’s Prisons

       29-03-2020    Zozan Yasar LONDON—As Turkey roils from a major spike in recorded cases of COVID-19, legal advocates are renewing calls for the release of political prisoners especially vulnerable to the outbreak.  Turkey is currently mulling legislation that would free as many as 100,000 of its 300,000 prisoners to avoid the spread of the virus in prisons. But lawyers say the potential amnesty excludes thousands...

    Online Kurdology Project Supports the University in Rojava Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic

    Online Kurdology Project Supports the University in Rojava Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic

    While the Coronavirus pandemic affects millions of people in a negative way, the COVID-19 era also gives many people new opportunities. Similarly, in Rojava, the lockdown measures have been imposed due to the pandemic like any other country. People due to coronavirus stay isolated from each other. Consequently, universities and public schools have begun to give lessons via TV channels and people have alternatively...

    Turkey Incursion In Syria Resuscitates The Islamic State

    Delil Souleiman

    Azad Nebi & Zozan Yasar Following the Turkish offensive against Kurdish fighters in Northern Syria, the concerns over the fate of ISIS prisoners have been a fundamental issue. Turkey-US and EU had many discussions at the past time to try the International ISIS prisoners. Meanwhile, in the middle of the Turkish invasion, it has been among the most dangerous bottlenecks. The Kurdish-led self-administration confirmed...

    Özgür Mumcu ile Kitabı “Barış Makınası’nı” Iskoçyanın Başkenti Edinburgh’da Konuştuk

    Özgür Mumcu ile Kitabı “Barış Makınası’nı” Iskoçyanın Başkenti Edinburgh’da Konuştuk

    Tarihi zenginlikleri, doğası, hikâyeleri, edebiyatı ve sanatı ile dünyanın cennet mekânlarından sayılan İskoçya’nın başkenti Edinburgh, Dünyanın en büyük ve kapsamlı festivali olarak bilinen, Kültür Sanat ve Edebiyat festivaline ev sahipliği yaptı.  Onlarca dalda sanatçı, edebiyatçı ve oyuncuyu ağırlamanın renkleriyle sokakları şenlendirdi. 500.000 civarı nüfusu olan Edinburgh, yaz aylarında nüfusunu 3 kat arttıran, çeşitli festivallerle göz kamaştıran bir şehir. Sokaklar, gün içerisinde yüzlere show, tiyatro,...

    Refugee Stories at Proud Central

    Refugee Stories at Proud Central

    Discover the stories of refugees living in London at this small exhibition at Proud Central. Co-curated by actress and activist Juliet Stevenson and refugee employment charity, Breaking Barriers the show features photographs and stories about the challenges of integration and the importance of work. Here we share two stories out of the total 10 in the exhibition, we urge you to visit: BATSEBA Interview...

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    About Me

    Zozan Yaşar

    Gazeteci, Journalist, Rojnamevan

    Zozan Yasar is a Kurdish journalist from Turkey. Denied access to education, Zozan taught herself to read and write and went to university to get a degree before working as a journalist.

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