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Articles by Ruken Isik
Kurdish Women’s Stories
From all four parts of Kurdistan and across the diaspora, Kurdish women from different geographical, political, and educational backgrounds pick up a pen, reflect, and remember. Going beyond exoticising stereotypes and patriarchal representations, Kurdish Women’s Stories gives 25 women authorial freedom to write about their own lived experiences.
Ex-wives ISIS: Caliphate is over, take us back home!
In this handout image taken on February 17, 2015, a CCTV feed from the Metropolitan Police Service shows (left to right British teenagers Amira Abase, Kadiza Sultana and Shamima Begum at Gatwick Airport. File photo: AFP by Ruken Isik British citizen Shamima Begum, who shows no signs of regret for joining ISIS, says the caliphate is over now and is calling for her return to the United Kingdom to raise the third of her children — two of whom reportedly died of malnutrition and sickness in Syria.
Kurdish Women Struggle for a Next System in Rojava
We asked Ruken Isik, currently working on a PhD exploring the struggles of Kurdish women, to help us understand what Rojava can teach us about building gender equity into the next system. In what follows, she fills in the historical context around feminist organizing in Northern Syria and traces the innovative practices and policies developing on the ground, as an introduction for two interviews she conducted with YPJ (Women’s Protection Unit) commanders Meryem Kobani and Roza Haseke.
The Purple Color of Kurdish Politics
Women Politicians Write from Prison Prison writings from 22 Kurdish women who were elected to office in Turkey and then imprisoned by the state on political grounds Overview Author Biography Endorsements Contents Details Gültan Kışanak, a Kurdish journalist and former MP, was elected co-mayor of Diyarbakır in 2014. Two years later, the Turkish state arrested and imprisoned her. Her story is remarkable, but not unique.
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