{"product_id":"after-the-fall-women-freedom-the-rojava-revolution-in-post-assad-syria","title":"After the Fall: Women, Freedom \u0026 the Rojava Revolution in Post-Assad Syria","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Virginia Lee\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKersplebedeb\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2026, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: 9781989701553\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“We did not emerge because of ISIS, and we will not disappear when ISIS is gone. Our existence is rooted in a philosophy of free and democratic life.\" -- Viyan, YPJ\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn March 2025, radio journalist Virginia Lee was invited by Kurdish-led women's group Kongra star to join a delegation of women to tour the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES)--a radical experiment in democracy and women's empowerment better known to much of the world as Rojava.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the wake of the victory of the Islamist HTS over the Ba'athist regime of Bashar al-Assad just three months prior, Virginia encounters a diverse array of people, from the highest levels of the region's political and military structures to disabled veterans and the co-chairs of self-managed refugee camps. Women and men, Kurds and Arabs, Muslims and Christians, all united on certain points: commitment to the values of their shared project, pride in what they have achieved, and apprehension about what this new reality will mean for them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdapted from the podcast \u003cem\u003eAfter the Fall: Dispatches from the Women's Revolution, \u003c\/em\u003ethis book also contains full transcripts of all of the interviews Virginia conducted--from members of the YPJ, an all-women army, to elders who have been helping women and girls escape patriarchal violence since such work was a criminal act.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBe sure to check out the other titles from our friends at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/collections\/kersplebedeb\" title=\"Kersplebedeb Collection\" class=\"text-link\"\u003eKersplebedeb\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52228405854491,"sku":"After the Fall","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/afterthefallcover_1024x1024_6a56d263-a7a9-4fbb-9f3c-6b77a87c8795.webp?v=1779124477","url":"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/after-the-fall-women-freedom-the-rojava-revolution-in-post-assad-syria","provider":"Burning Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}