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 …
Stateless Kurds of Syria
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Written StoriesStories & Testimonies
“I’m Still Striving to Obtain Citizenship, for My Children not to Suffer the Same Fate as Me”
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 …
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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 …
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Commentaries & DispatchesHuman Rights Journalism
Syria: 10 facts about the 1962 special Census of al-Hasakah
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 …
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Recorded Stories
“Sometimes I wonder how people can feel happy when they get a new baby, when we feel guilty for it”
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 …
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Written Stories
Kurdish-Kurmanji: “Pelika sor a ku pê re bû, yek ji sedemên rêderdiya wî bû”
by wael.mDema 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" …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …