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National Colonialism: Nation‐State, Colonialism and Colonisation of Kurdistan

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 414-425, April 2026.
ABSTRACT This article develops the concept of ‘national colonialism’ to capture colonial relations in the nation‐state form. It does so through a critical appraisal of the concept of ‘internal colonialism’, which largely fails to explain the links between nationalism and colonial relations.
Behnam Amini
wiley   +1 more source

Graphic Histories of Solidarity, in Solidarity [PDF]

open access: yesKronos
Revolutionary experiments require building revolutionary relationships. This praxis of material and social creativity to reorganise power dynamics and weave connections across weaponised divides, are evident in the content, the form and the backstory ...
Koni Benson
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental Politics in North and East Syria/Rojava: A Scoping and Conceptual Literature Review

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Volume 26, Issue 1, Page 74-89, April 2026.
ABSTRACT This article presents a scoping and conceptual literature review on environmental politics in North and East Syria/Rojava. The review aims to synthesize existing academic research in English on the interplay between armed conflict and environmental change in the region, focusing on the Kurdish‐led socio‐political model known as the Autonomous ...
Pinar Dinc   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Libanonin kurdit ja Rojava : transnationaalinen näkökulma [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
This thesis provides a transnational perspective to Lebanese Kurds, particularly regarding their activism and networks related to Rojava, the Kurdish areas in northern Syria. After Armenians, Kurds form the second-largest non-Arab ethnic group in Lebanon.
Huovila, Miriam
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Kurdish Female Fighters the Western Depiction of YPJ Combatants in Rojava

open access: yesGlocalism: Journal of Culture, Politics and Innovation, 2019
As this paper is drafted, the YPJ continues to clash against Daesh’s patriarchal impositions. This paper considers three significant questions for its purpose; first, who are Kurdish female fighters and why did they choose to take up arms in an orga ...
Valentina Dean
doaj   +5 more sources

Surgical management of oropharynx hemangioma: A comprehensive review literature

open access: yesAdvances in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2021
Background and objectives: Hemangioma is an extremely uncommon benign tumor of blood vessels, which occurs mostly during childhood, particularly in the head and neck regions, it remains unusual in the oral cavity and exceedingly rare in the tongue, and ...
Rawand A. Essa, MD, Ph.D.   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hydro‐Insurgency: Weaponization of Water Resources and Infrastructure in Northeast Syria

open access: yesWorld Water Policy, Volume 11, Issue 4, Page 924-938, November 2025.
ABSTRACT This article examines the strategic weaponization of water resources by Turkey‐backed armed groups in Northeast Syria (NES) within the broader context of the Syrian civil war. As the conflict evolved, water infrastructure—dams, rivers, and irrigation systems—became central to warfare, governance, and foreign agendas. The article introduces the
Farhad Hassan Abdullah Mamshai
wiley   +1 more source

The Enduring Problem of Statism: Social War, Total Liberation and Postdevelopment in the Decolonization Industry

open access: yesDevelopment and Change, Volume 56, Issue 6, Page 1228-1257, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Confronting statism within the university, this article argues that statism is colonialism. By recognizing statism as the foundational structure of colonialism, the author illuminates the immediate technologies and evolving structures of socio‐ecological subjugation across various cultural, historical and political contexts.
Alexander Dunlap
wiley   +1 more source

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SYRIAN AND IRAQI KURDISTAN: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS OF STATE BUILDING

open access: yesВестник Брянского государственного университета
This article analyzes the emergence of governments autonomous from Syria and Iraq, which represent the ethnic and cultural minority of Kurds living in these territories.
Suleiman A.A.
doaj   +1 more source

How does religion influence an emerging nationalism? Evidence from the Kurdish context in Turkey

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 982-1002, October 2025.
Abstract Based on qualitative interviews with 66 Sunni Muslim Kurdish elites, this study reveals that Kurdish Islamic circles in Turkey are not monolithic, homogeneous or fixed. Some willingly or unwillingly maintain their Islamic identity as a primary reference point for self‐consciousness, motivation for collective action and political aspirations ...
Muttalip Caglayan
wiley   +1 more source

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