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Tag: Syria

All longform pieces tagged with #syria on The Slow Scroll

‘Woman, life, freedom’: the Syrian feminists who forged a new world in a land of war
The Guardian08 Feb 2025 • ~3650 words

Rojava, an autonomous region in northeastern Syria, has a government with perhaps the most complete gender equality in the world, in a society fractured by conflict and misogyny. Natasha Walter explores how women in this region have forged a movement for rights and empowerment am...

A Witness in Assad’s Dungeons
The New Yorker26 Jan 2025 • ~9300 words

Mazen al-Hamada fled Syria to reveal the regime’s crimes. Then, mysteriously, he went back.