Haidar Khezri

A Yazidi woman who joined the Kurdish Peshmerga forces sits next to rifles in the town of Bashiqa, after it was recaptured from the Islamic State, east of Mosul, Iraq Nov. 10, 2016.

Kurdish troops fight for freedom — and women’s equality — on battlegrounds across Middle East

March 19, 2018Conflict

In a region surrounded by threats — from Turkey’s attacks and Islamic State terrorism and patriarchy at home — the women of Kurdistan are fighting for their life and liberty. And the cost is hard, dangerous labor.