After the Fall: Dispatches from the Women's Revolution in North-East Syria

Our final episode takes us to the Newroz celebrations in Qamislo, where we see Syrian musician Samih Choukeir perform. Once back in Montreal, Virginia talks to Khuzama and Cedric from the media project Fajawat about the importance of Choukeir's performance and their perspectives on the changing climate in Syria. Newroz 2025 was openly celebrated in Damascus for the first time and the holiday has t...

In our fourth episode, we travel back to Qamishlo and meet with women from the Mala Jin, a women's center that is part restorative family justice center, part domestic violence shelter, and part revolutionary women's organizing hub. As with everyone we have met so far, the women of the Mala Jin have thoughts to share about the new situation in Syria and what's at stake for their ongoing struggle....

Our third episode takes place in Hasakeh, a city that has been cut off from it's water supply by Turkey. In Hasakeh, we meet four representatives of the YPJ, the women's militia who have been defending their region for more than a decade. They tell us about ongoing military conflicts and the importance of the YPJ within the Women's Revolution more broadly. We also meet members of the Federation fo...

The second episode brings us to Raqqa where we talk to Arab women organizing since the fall of ISIS to build up new women's collectives and projects. We also attend a press conference with representatives of the women's committee of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North East Syria (DAANES), the main governing body in the region. They tell us about the kind of work being done to bring t...

Meet your host, Virginia and understand why she jumped at the chance to join a delegation of women journalists to north-east Syria. This first episode features activists from Kongra Star, an important women's organization, talking about the fall of the Assad regime and their impressions of the new government in Damascus. We also meet representatives from a neighbourhood commune, the most basic bui...