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Writer: Shafan Ibrahim

Daily Life

No Schools, No Textbooks and No Teachers

23-01-1723-01-17Shafan Ibrahim
Every day, early in the morning, Um Juwan walks her teacher son to the bus that carries staff to one of the schools in...
Civil Society Monitor

Women Kick Up A Storm in Syrian Football

15-04-16Shafan Ibrahim
When Sulin Murad told her parents that she wanted to join a women’s football team, they were surprisingly enthusiastic. This reaction, she told Damascus...
Photo Blog

Student Power Overturns Controversial Decree

27-09-1620-04-17Shafan Ibrahim
Popular protests run by students in Hassakah have managed to overturn a decision by the local department of education to shift exam centres far...
Photo Blog

Qamishli’s Museum of Kurdish Heritage

09-08-1620-04-17Shafan Ibrahim
Mohammed Sabri founded the Martyr Farhad’s Museum of Kurdish Heritage in Qamishli two years ago. The museum, portrays the traditional Kurdish way of life...
Civil Society Monitor

Kurdish Youth Dance On

06-06-16Shafan Ibrahim
A new network of art, dance and drama groups is helping to brighten the lives of young Kurds in Syria. The Kurdish Democratic Youth...

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