Women from Qamishlo: Women’s Protection Units represent our identity

As part of activities supporting the Women’s Protection Units, the city of Qamishlo in Jazira hosted a cultural event marked by interaction and solidarity, emphasizing the role played by the units in strengthening stability in Syria, alongside their efforts to protect women’s rights and empower them in various fields.

The Joint Platform of Women’s Movements and Organizations in Rojava had launched on April 26, 2026, a campaign in support of the Women’s Protection Units under the slogan: “We are all YPJ, YPJ represents us.”

Within the same campaign, the Zerîn Crescent Movement launched a series of artistic and cultural activities held in Derik, Hasakah, Qamishlo, and Kobani. Several participating women and members of the Zerîn Crescent spoke to the agency.

Citizen Samia Khalil said: “Women have provided the greatest forms of resistance during this revolution, which is why it has been called the women’s revolution,” affirming her support for the Women’s Protection Units, which fought battles and resistance in various areas of Syria and confronted ISIS mercenaries.

She added: “The Women’s Protection Units represent our identity and existence; therefore, we insist on supporting them and standing by them, as they are part of the philosophy of leader Abdullah Ocalan.”

She concluded by stating that “the interim government, which does not recognize this will today, will not affect our positions or decisions. We will continue to support the female fighters of the Women’s Protection Units until their rights are guaranteed and included in constitutions.”

For her part, citizen Brouin Jamil said that “the interim government still refuses to allow adequate participation of women,” questioning why women’s rights are not guaranteed despite their role and continuous resistance throughout the years of the revolution. She added that recognizing women’s will represents a step toward building a balanced and wise policy capable of embracing different components and social groups.

Member of the Zerîn Crescent Movement in the Stêrka Zerîn Akin Musa troupe explained that the campaign aims to support YPJ fighters through art and music, noting that the songs they perform recall their resistance and sacrifices and express loyalty to their land and people.

Meanwhile, administrator of Zerîn Crescent in Rojava and member of the preparatory committee for activities supporting YPJ, Roken Mohammed, said they decided to support the units through artistic programs, delivering their message through music, theater, and Kurdish songs, within the campaign “We are all YPJ, YPJ is our identity.”

Roken emphasized that YPJ fighters represent a symbol of identity and will for them, and they are well known across different parts of Kurdistan, stressing that their activities focus on supporting women’s causes.

ANHA