LEADER 02836nam 2200469 450 001 9910136992603321 005 20230808194203.0 010 $a1-942658-11-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000748976 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4584968 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000748976 100 $a20160823h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 12$aA road unforeseen $ewomen fight the Islamic State /$fMeredith Tax ; photographs by Joey L 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aNew York, New York :$cBellevue Literary Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (337 pages) $cillustrations, map, photographs 311 $a1-942658-10-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aA road unforeseen -- The Kurds -- Separated at birth -- Insurrection and genocide -- The people take up the struggle -- Kurdish women rising -- Democratic autonomy in Turkey and Syria -- The battle of Kobane and its backlash -- The birth of Daesh -- Daesh vs. Kobane -- War and peace in Turkey -- Some questions remain. 330 $aRecounts the history of the Syrian Rojava Kurds, a democratic secular society whose all-women militia was instrumental in the mountaintop rescue of tens of thousands of civilians besieged by the Islamic State in Iraq. 330 $aIn war-torn northern Syria, a democratic society--based on secularism, ethnic inclusiveness, and gender equality--has won significant victories against the Islamic State, or Daesh, with women on the front lines as fierce warriors and leaders. A Road Unforeseen recounts the dramatic, underreported history of the Rojava Kurds, whose all-women militia was instrumental in the perilous mountaintop rescue of tens of thousands of civilians besieged in Iraq. Up to that point, the Islamic State had seemed invincible. Yet these women helped vanquish them, bringing the first half of the refugees to safety within twenty-four hours. Who are the revolutionary women of Rojava and what lessons can we learn from their heroic story? How does their political philosophy differ from that of Iraqi Kurdistan, the Islamic State, and Turkey? And will the politics of the twenty-first century be shaped by the opposition between these political models? -- Provided by publisher. 606 $aMilitia movements$zSyria 606 $aWomen soldiers$zSyria 607 $aSyria$xHistory$yCivil War, 2011- 615 0$aMilitia movements 615 0$aWomen soldiers 676 $a956.91042 700 $aTax$b Meredith$01247853 702 $aL. Joey 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910136992603321 996 $aA road unforeseen$92892502 997 $aUNINA