‘We are so proud' – the women who died defending Kobani against Isis

[umbertino]

This week Kurdish forces took full control of Kobani, a Syrian town near the Turkish border, after months of bombardment by Islamic State. Mona Mahmood speaks to four Kurdish families about the female fighters who died helping to wrest control of the town from Isis

 

 

Mona Mahmood

 

 

Friday 30 January 2015 09.26 GMT

 

 

Kurdish people hold a picture of dead fighter during a celebration rally near the Turkish-Syrian border at Suruç on Tuesday. Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

Shireen Taher had hoped to study English literature at university. Photograph: The Guardian

 

 

 

Hameera Muhammed. Photograph: The Guardian

 

 

 

Wreckage left by fighting on a street in the centre of Kobani. Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very long article

 

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/30/kurdish-women-died-kobani-isis-syria

[Saint]

To bad she had to die, seems she had plans for a great future. RIP.

[umbertino]

To bad she had to die, seems she had plans for a great future. RIP.

Agreed...All of them ( Women and Men) are Heroes