Essays about: "Rojava"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the word Rojava.

1. 1. Kurds in the Crossfire: Trump's Troop Withdrawal, Statelessness and Political Interests

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Misrî Kasirga; [2024]
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   Abstract : This research adopts a theoretical framework grounded in political realism, serving as the guiding principle that shapes the analysis and drives the theory-driven exploration of President Donald Trump’s withdrawal of U.S. forces from Rojava. READ MORE

3. 2. Westernization in Rojava; Infatuation with the West

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Chaton Smedra Chamoun; [2022-11-03]
   Keywords : Rojava; Northeastern Syria; Democratic Confederalism; West; Westernized; Westernness.;

   Abstract : The Kurdish-led Rojava Project in northeastern Syria has gained international attention for its pioneering work on equality, community coexistence, and direct democracy through the implementation of Democratic Confederalism, which is a non-state political system. Although Rojava has only existed for approximately ten years at the time of writing, there is already a body of research on the subject. READ MORE

4. 3. The power of Kurdish women - A discourse analysis of the Kurdish Women's Movement in Rojava

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Lavin Bahzad Ali; [2022]
   Keywords : Kurdish Women’s Movement; Women’s agency; Rojava; Kurdish women; Ro- java revolution; Discourse analysis; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The long-lasting tradition of women that tackles roles within the military in the Kurdish free- dom movement is now, in recent years, beheld for better or for worse. This thesis will im- merse into the Kurdish women's agency in the Kurdish Women's Movement and their work of change for a more democratized Rojava by examing the source material "Stateless democracy with the Kurdish movement" by Reneé In der Maur and Jonas Staal. READ MORE

5. 4. Framing the YPG and YPJ : A Critical Discourse Analysis of Orientalist and Liberal Feminist Portrayals in United States’ Media and Politics

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Råvan Talani; [2022]
   Keywords : YPG; YPJ; Orientalism; Postcolonial Feminism; Jineology; Critical Discourse Analysis;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses media portrayal of the People's Protection Units (YPG) and the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) in US media by making use of Fairclough’s three-dimensional model of critical discourse analysis. The thesis investigates if these portrayals have been used as a justification by the United States White House to intervene militarily in the conflict in Rojava. READ MORE

6. 5. Syrian Kurds amid Violence : Depictions of Mass Violence against Syrian Kurdistan in Kurdish Media, 2014–2019

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

   Author : Abdulilah Ibrahim; [2021]
   Keywords : Ideology; Kurds; mass violence; Kurdistan Workers’ Party PKK ; Kurdistan Democratic Party KDP ; Rudaw; Firat News Agency.;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates depictions in the Kurdish media (Rudaw and Firat News Agency (ANF)) of mass violence perpetrated against Kurdish civilians in northern and northeastern Syria – an area known to Kurds as Rojava – in recent years. Articles from two media organizations were subject to mixed-method text analysis (quantitative and qualitative) to uncover how mass violence was portrayed. READ MORE