Poet girl: My pen is weapon in revolution

SHIRIN MEHI AL-DIN / KOBANÎ

Fatima Sido is a 17-year-old girl from Jib al-Feraj village in Kobanî canton, the daughter of the martyr Kifu Sido and the sister of the martyrs Zenarin and Furat.

In 2012, with the opening of the Kurdish language school in Darbazan village, Fatima joined the school and began to learn the Kurdish language.

When did she start her relationship with poetry?

When the martyrdom of her brother Furat was announced in 2012, Fatima's sister, Zenarin, began writing poetic poems influenced by her brother's martyrdom. She read these poems to her sister Fatima who was 12 years old. She then began writing poems in Kurdish.

Later, in Newroz in 2013, Fatima's sister, Zenarin, joined the Women's Protection Units(YPJ) in compliance with the approach of her brother, Furat. At that time, Zenarin asked her sister Fatima to follow her path through her pen. In 2015, her father, Kifu Sido, joined the ranks of the revolution in honor of his martyred children, and he martyred in a village in Kobanî .  

Despite the difficult financial conditions, Fatima’s family and in particular her mother supported her talent in writing poetry. Fatima has strengthened her relationship with books, writing and reading.

Fatima set up a small library in her home where she kept some books, and then began writing her first poem entitled "Ez kurd im."

Fatima set up a small library in her home where she kept some books, and then began writing her first poem entitled Ez kurd im""

She said, "I got the strength and determination from my mother,"  and added ,"I will commit to the approach of my father and siblings who martyred through my pen and my word.

She is writing a novel about the struggle of her father

Fatima began her literary journey by writing a number of short poems to be the future a poet. Later, she began to write a book about the struggle and biography of the martyrs.

Before she finished her book about the martyrs, her aunt, Revan, who is also the author of Ishtar's Granddaughter, asked her to write a biography of her father's life, especially since her father had a close relationship with the Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan. Based on this request, Fatima stopped working in her book about the martyrs and began to write her father's novel.

Fatima says that the role of the writer is like the role of the fighter. As the fighter carries his weapon in the battlefields and fights the enemy, the writer must also carry his pen and write about the martyrs and write thier names in the pages of history. She said, "I will continue my research in the life and struggle of the martyrs to write them in the book. So far, I have written about the lives of 50 martyrs in my book, my weapon in the revolution is the pen."

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