In Qamishli, a woman walks down the street in front of a mural fresco reading “Jin, Jyan, Azadi,” a Kurdish slogan meaning “Woman, Life, Freedom,” on March 8, the International Day of Struggle for Women’s Rights. | Picture Credits: Angeline DESDEVISES / Hans Lucas. This article is co-authored by Chloé Troadec and Angéline Desdevises In […]

The villages marked with the word Alevi | Photo Credits: Anadolu’nun Sesi Tokat The ongoing war between the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Turkish state since 1984 has reached a historic turning point. Peace efforts that began in October 2024 are gradually gaining momentum with the PKK’s declaration of a ceasefire in March 2025, […]

The dust had barely settled following the Twelve-Day Iran-Israel war in June 2025, when discussions about Iran’s political future intensified. Amid nationalist mobilization around the state and open calls for foreign intervention and regime change, reformist and oppositional circles began voices their visions once again. As a group of respected Iranian economists urgently pleaded for […]