Revolution in Rojava - Democratic Autonomy and Women''s Liberation in Syrian Kurdistan

The first full-length book of the unique and extraordinary political situation in Rojava, Syria

About the author

Michael Knapp is a historian of radical democracy, Cofounder of the Campaign Tatort Kurdistan and member of NavDem Berlin. His research focuses on the Kurdish issue and the construction of alternatives to capitalist modernity. His research has taken him to the Middle East, where he has studied the Kurdish Liberation Struggle and the PKK.
Anja Flach is an enthnologist and member of the Rojbîn women's council in Hamburg. She spent two years in the Kurdish women's guerrilla army and has previously published books about her experiences.
Ercan Ayboga is an environmental engineer and activist. Formerly living and co-founding the Tatort Kurdistan Campaign in Germany, now he lives in North Kurdistan and is politically involved in the Mesopotamian Ecology Movement, particularly in water struggles.

Product details

• Authors: Ercan Ayboga, Ayboga Ercan, Anja Flach, Flach Anja, Michael Knapp, Michael Flach Knapp, Knapp Michael
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780745336640
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3664-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Anthropology, Syria, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Revolutionary groups & movements, Middle Eastern history, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, History and Archaeology, c 2010 to c 2019, Revolutionary groups and movements, HISTORY / Middle East / Syria