The Daughters of Kobani Quotes

“At the outset Jason had wondered how he would establish battlefield rapport with women, including those who commanded the western and eastern front lines. He didn’t know whether it would be different from working with men. What he understood quickly was that their mentality as leaders was the same as his. They had faced years of uninterrupted war without complaint and were willing to fight alongside anyone who shared their enemy. They were all grounded in the same warrior ethos.”
― Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice

“What I know is that the young women I met across northeastern Syria, from all its communities—Arab, Kurd, Christian—want the same things from their lives as thousands of girls I have met every other place in the world, including the United States: a chance to go to school and an opportunity to forge their own future. The world has a way of telling girls and young women what they should want from their lives, and of telling them not to ask for too much.”
― Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice

“The 5,000-year-old history of civilization is essentially the history of the enslavement of woman. Consequently, woman’s freedom will only be achieved by waging a struggle against the foundations of this ruling system.”
― Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice