"What actually happens when four Viennese women decide to travel to Rojava (north-east Syria) together? In their travel report, the author Stefanie Sargnagel, the scientist and activist Judith Goetz, the journalist Muzayen Al-Youssef and the Green politician Heidi Sequenz talk about a delegation of left-wing feminist organizations in north-eastern Syria.
Inspired by the Kurdish regions, Kurdish women and Arab women are trying to revolutionize Syria's women's rights, which hardly sanctioned violence even during the Assad regime. Between feminist fascination, excessive demands and real threats, they traveled to Qamishli, predominantly inhabited by minorities, to the former stronghold of the Islamic State (IS) Raqqa and Hasakeh, the former grain stronghold of Syria. Götz, Sargnagel, Al-Youssef and Sequenz report on dusty streets, roaring generators, impressive women and feminist projects, on complex realities and everyday challenges in times of potential political upheaval. The focus is on images and encounters, feminist utopias that suddenly seem very tangible - and at the same time infinitely distant - as well as the constant threat posed by the Turkish regime. The event provides insights into everyday life in a region that is often either romanticized or completely ignored in this country - a place that oscillates in our minds between feminist utopia, political myth and media silence, while a real, everyday struggle for survival and self-determination is being waged on the ground. And it's about the big question: What do we actually have to do to make another world possible - not just in theory, but in practice? An evening about curiosity, contradictions, resistance, a little overconfidence and feminist solidarity. And yes, there will be selfies too. Plus a stand-up set by FLONA. Proceeds from the evening will go to women's organizations in Rojava.
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