Stateless Kurds of Syria

Being a stateless, maktuma, makes it impossible for her to obtain any education certificate. Still, Aheen Khalaf Oussi insisted to complete her secondary and university studies. Despite the lapse of…

Poverty caused Hassan Haji Amin to drop out of school at an early age and enter the labor force to support his family. Being a stateless, specifically a maktum, directly…

Badea’a still feels sorry for her four sons. They couldn’t pursue their education, nor could they fulfil their dreams and ambitions, because they are stateless Syrian Kurds, specifically from the…

The 5th of October 2019 marks the 57th anniversary of the special census of al-Hasakah province, northeastern Syria, which is largely populated with ethnic minorities having different religious affiliations, including…

Abdulrahman wasn’t able to fulfill his dream of attending the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in the capital, Damascus, as he was forced to drop out, because he is a…

Dema ku "Mamo" xwendekarê zanîngehê, ji aliyê hêzên ewlekariya Sûriyê ve rastî lêdan û pîskirina bi peyvan hat, ji ber ku ew yek ji Kurdên Sûriyê yên bê nasnametî "ejnebî"…

When he was a university student, Ma’mou was beaten and humiliated by the Syrian security services agents, just for being a stateless Syrian Kurd. He once was slapped in the…

At last, after long years of bitter, suffering and deprivation of his most basic rights, Muhammad finally managed to realize his dream and obtained the Syrian citizenship. Muhammad Hasan Omar…

When the Syrian government took away agricultural land from the big landowners in Hasoud village and distributed it to peasants worked on it, according to the Agrarian Reform Law issued…