With images of chaos, conflict, and a seemingly endless parade of horrors dominating the mainstream media, the image of Syria that dominates the popular mind is a kind of hell on earth. But Syria ...
“The situation of media and freedom of speech is better in Rojava than in any other Syrian region”. This has been a common refrain in our discussions with local journalists and politicians on the ...
Rûdaw TV workers Ferhad Hamo and Mesud Akil have been kidnapped in Syria’s Rojava district by a group allegedly linked with ISIS. Rûdaw TV’s freelance reporter Ferhad Hamo and cameraman Mesud Akil ...
As we mentioned in the first article of the series, “Journalism in Rojava”, many of what we called “independent” media platforms emerged in Rojava after 2011. These media are mostly small outlets in ...