Rojda Felat

Rojda Felat
Bornc. 1977[1] or 1980[2][3]
Qamishli, al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria[1]
Allegiance Rojava
Service / branch Syrian Democratic Forces
Years of service2011[a]–present
RankTop commander
Battles / warsSyrian Civil War

Rojda Felat (born c. 1977 or 1980) is a Syrian Kurdish senior commander of the Women's Protection Units (YPJ) and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), who has fought in the Rojava conflict since it began in 2012[a], and has led several major campaigns against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). A revolutionary feminist, Felat's stated goal is to achieve social transformation in the Middle East through the YPJ, "liberating the Kurdish woman and the Syrian woman in general from the ties and control of traditional society, as well as liberating the entirety of Syria from terrorism and tyranny".[4][5][9]

  1. ^ a b c d e Luke Mogelson (6 November 2017). "Dark Victory in Raqqa". The New Yorker. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
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  4. ^ a b c d e Tom Coghlan (27 May 2016). "Revolutionary Kurdish feminist leads assault on Raqqa". The Times. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference profil was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b Massoud Hamed (2 June 2017). "Meet the Kurdish woman leading battle against IS in northern Syria". al-Monitor. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  7. ^ Hisham Arafat (12 December 2016). "Kurdish woman fight double battles against terrorism, patriarchy". Kurdistan24. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Raqqa will soon be encircled from four fronts: Rojda Felat". Hawar News Agency. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  9. ^ Alexandra Sims (29 May 2016). "Rojda Felat: The feminist taking on Isis". Independent. Retrieved 16 April 2017.


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