Since July 19, 2012, a small region in northern Syria, known as Rojava, has become the beating heart of a revolution that, even today, continues to illuminate the path of those fighting for self-determination, gender equality and peaceful coexistence between different ethnic groups and religions.
The Rojava revolution, born in a context of conflict and oppression, was able to transform these difficulties into a unique opportunity to create a society based on principles of direct democracy, social ecology and gender equality. Democratic Confederalism, conceived by Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, became the foundation of this revolutionary experiment. Women, in particular, have played a crucial role in the struggle for liberation, demonstrating that a more just and egalitarian world is possible, as well as necessary.
To celebrate these twelve years of Revolution, a series of international artists and activists have responded to the Internationalist Commune's call to the arts , and obviously we are among them.
The Internationalist Commune of Rojava is a project that welcomes volunteers from all over the world, uniting people of different nationalities in a single goal: to support the revolution and spread its ideals. The Commune's call to the arts is an initiative that aims to celebrate culture and art as tools of resistance and solidarity.