The reactions to the Kurdish Unity Conference raised questions about the extent to which civil society is able to play the role of a bridge between affiliations, rather than simply...

Since the fall of the regime, Israel has repeatedly violated Syrian sovereignty, killing and wounding dozens of civilians, and ultimately militarily occupying large areas in the South. While the government...

The waves of massacres on the coast, targeting especially Alawites, have provoked a strong reaction of individual activists and groups, who documented the events, expressed solidarity, gathered material support, and...

Zenubiya’s feminist slogans are chanted both in Kurdish - jin, jiyan, azadi - and Arabic - al-mara, al-haya, al-hurriya. Aiming at reuniting women from all ethnicities in northeastern Syria, Zenubiya...

The Circle of Peace is a self-help group for Arabic-speaking women in Germany based on Gestalt therapy approaches. Basma Elmahdy writes about this (virtual) space of healing and connection.