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I am with a group of Kurdish fighters.

We are in Rojava, West-Kurdistan (Syria)

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Meryem leads the group.

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I’ve known Meryem for a long time,

as a comrade of my sister.

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My sister has died in battle.

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Meryem is now commander-in-chief

of all Kurdish units.

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It wasn’t easy to convince her

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but she finally allowed me to

join them with my camera.

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We enter the ruins of Kobane,

in the midst of the fight against ISIS

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Meryem told me that war and religion are invented by men.

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‘God is a woman’, Meryem she said.

She smiled.

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Her unit consists mainly of women.

They want to create their own history.

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Dammit.

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Don't let them leave their shelter.

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I can't find him anymore.

They ran over there.

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Everybody should be careful.

You are responsible.

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Two snipers of ISIS are shooting.

-Where?

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One in the direction of Hamza.

And the other one at us.

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We were moving. They spotted us.

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Watch out, get out of there!

-That sniper knows where we are.

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Tell him they should leave.

-Comrade, go away there.

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I go first, Meryem follows me.

-Watch out.

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Come on, Ruken, move!

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Be careful, keep your head down.

-I need to prepare my camera.

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I warned you.

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Dammit.

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I will point it out.

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The sniper is in a tree.

Otherwise he cannot shoot at us.

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Yesterday I shot one there.

-He can only see us from that tree.

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The new target you sent me

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from the satellite.

Will that take long?

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I heard nothing yet.

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We wait for you to get going.

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I will check.

-Ok.

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Rachid, Mahir and Dilbirin move to this line.

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Hakki moves here.

This way we reach the target.

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The school of Irmuk

-Is our stronghold.

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Our comrades are there?

-Yes

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We need to conquer to that point tonight.

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But there are IS snipers in all of those buildings.

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Meryem, an F16 will be there in 2 minutes.

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Prepare yourselves.

-Understood

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The F16 will bombard that street for you.

-Understood

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Those people do not belong to our side.

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They unite here, we can attack them.

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Let our fighters move back on my command.

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We will attack in three minutes.

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Now that the battle of Kobani is won,

how are you going to deal with old patterns

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because we know a lot of men over here agree

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with that thinking,

I mean how ISIS thinks about women.

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This fight has changed history.

A lot of women have been in battle.

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Many people had to flee from their homes...

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but especially many women stayed behind to fight.

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20 percent of the women left the city,

the others stayed to fight.

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In this fight the women demonstrated

that they are equal to men.

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There is this saying in Kobane

that women are no good.

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I don't think anybody dares to say this now

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Everybody knows now that

they are dedicated, brave and heroic.

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The women nobody had confidence

in wrote history, here in Kobane.

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How are you?

-Fine, thank you.

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I am afraid to hurt you

so I embrace you carefully.

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Hi, how are you?

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Comrade Meryem, so many dead.

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It will be fine.

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Be strong,

thanks to them we are free now.

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Where are you hurt?

-She does not hear well.

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The bombing damaged your hearing?

-Yes

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Did they take the shards out?

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Were your eyes damaged?

-Here

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Does it hurt?

-No

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he shards have to be taken out

Take care, ok?

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My darling.

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We were at the front together for 24 hours.

Now she is dead.

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It"s difficult,

But we live to fulfill their dreams.

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I still have them in my pocket.

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Hold on.

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Luckily your eyes are not damaged.

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She has many shards in her hair.

Can you cut the burnt parts?

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Now you have more curls.

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Be strong, ok?

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Pay attention over here.

-Something wrong?

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Rustem what are you doing?

- Let's check the surroundings.

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There are many, spread across the hillside.

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Do you know who these people are?