Hêlîn Asî

Mexmûr: From Forced Displacement to Autonomous Life

February 23, 2022

Mexmûr (Makhmour) located in the triangle between Mosul, Kerkûk and Hewler in Northern Iraq/South Kurdistan, is a place where over 10.000 Kurds from Southeastern Turkey/North Kurdistan, especially from the Botan Region, found refuge. The people, who fled the war of the Turkish state in the early 90s, stayed in different…

Witch, Slut, Murderer: Shaming and Other Tools of Patriarchy

PARADIGM, Women's Freedom

February 23, 2022

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Patriarchy does not merely subsist on structures which are out of our influence and control. In fact, the patriarchal mindset is one that has been passed on over societies and generations, and one which changes its character depending on the historical place and time. Today, we are confronted with other…

Global Self-Defense against the Deadly Patriarchal System

POLITICAL ANALYSIS

September 1, 2021

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Five years have now passed since 22-year-old trans activist Hande Kader was found dead in Istanbul. She was murdered after she had been subjected to the most horrific violence. She was known in the queer community for her resistance to police violence during the 2015 Istanbul Pride. Three years after,…

Ecology against Capitalism: Seeking a Renewed Relationship to Nature

PARADIGM, Social Ecology

March 23, 2019

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Around the world, currently, thousands of people, especially youth, protest and demand action against climate change. Under the slogan Fridays for future global strikes and mass demonstrations took place on March 15th. In light of the statistics and prognoses about the causes and effects of climate change over the last…

Posts by Hêlîn Asî

Mexmûr: From Forced Displacement to Autonomous Life

Witch, Slut, Murderer: Shaming and Other Tools of Patriarchy

Global Self-Defense against the Deadly Patriarchal System

Ecology against Capitalism: Seeking a Renewed Relationship to Nature