The atmosphere, says Welat, is one
A mother who wears a shotgun on her shoulder and takes a walkie- talkie is at the entrance to Jinwar, an exclusive women's commune in Syria. Beyond the gate, about 30 mud brick houses put on the desert landscape, their gardens full of flowers, vegetables and fruit trees. The village, just outside the predominantly Kurdish city of Qamishli in northeastern Syria, is a black explosion in the middle of dust. Open in 2018, Jinwar became a refuge for women across the region.
The atmosphere, says Welat, is one of solidarity and support. Mothers work together. The relationships between women are beautiful. The psychological environment is good, the spirit is very high. ♪ ♪ More than anything, Jinwar offers something Welat says he can't find anywhere in Syria: safety and peace. There, life is more difficult, she says. This is different. This is where they can find me. Here I can live a good life. ♪ ♪ She hopes the village's example extends beyond its walls. ♪ ♪ I want all the mothers of the world to be aware of their own power, she says. ♪ If they have, they have ♪ Jin Jin Jin came to his husband's house after he lived in Nujin,?
Even inside my family: not my mother
She died five years ago, and was encouraged to move into the community because of her husband's death, her wife and her family fought to move into the community.
Even inside my family: not my mother and father, but my brothers and sisters? They stopped me. ♪ ♪ A woman laps her family cow in the village of Jarudi in al-Hasakah, which, although it is not only women's, is organised as a commune with women who have a key role in leadership.