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<p>Dear Pallav,</p>
<p>thank you for remembering our comrade and sharing your solidarity
with us. The spirit, the love, the struggle and commitment of our
friend Nagihan will always be alive and with us. As members of the
Jineolojî Academy, as freedom-loving women and people we see it as
our task to continue Nagihan's path by pushing forward to realize
her aims and dreams... <br>
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<p>with greetings of solidarity</p>
<p>from Rojava<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 10.10.22 um 04:12 schrieb Pallav
Das:<br>
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<p lang="zxx"><font size="4">Dear friends,</font></p>
<p lang="zxx"><font size="4">Last week, <i>Nagihan Akarsel</i>,
a prominent Kurdish intellectual and political activist was
brutally gunned down in Southern Kurdistan. She was a
dedicated advocate for the Kurdish women's revolution and an
inspiration for people reimagining and reconstructing the
framework of democracy, both, in the Kurdish lands as well
as abroad. REDWeb salutes the memory of <i>Nagihan Akarsel</i>.
May her life and her commitment to the idea of Jineology,
Democratic Modernity and the realization of the dreams of
the Kurdish people inspire all of us to stay steadfast on
our paths toward meaningful change, and may her martyrdom
galvanize us to overcome our own fears to work boldly to
construct a new world defined by socio-economic and
political equality and ecological sanity. We stand in
solidarity with all our comrades and colleagues in the
Kurdish lands and beyond in this hour of mourning and
profound sadness.</font></p>
<p lang="zxx"><font size="4">Copied below is the note of
remembrance received from our colleagues at the "Academy of
Democratic Modernity" as well as a link to a deeply
reflective personal tribute to <i>Nagihan's</i>
effervescent life by <i>Zilan Diyar</i>, a Kurdish women's
activist.</font></p>
<p lang="zxx"><font size="4"><a
href="https://democraticmodernity.com/in-memory-of-nagihan-akarsel/"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://democraticmodernity.com/in-memory-of-nagihan-akarsel/</a></font></p>
<p lang="zxx"><font size="4">We add our voice to the Kurdish
slogan, "<i>Jin, Jiyan, Azadi</i>!" (Women, Life, Freedom!)</font></p>
<p lang="zxx"><font size="4">And, as we say in Hindustani: <i>"Saathee
Nagihan Zindabad!"</i> (Long live Comrade Nagihan!)</font></p>
<p lang="zxx"><font size="4">Our colleagues from "The Academy of
Democratic Modernity" and the "Jineology" initiative are
copied on this email, in case you would like to express your
solidarity with them in their moment of terrible loss.<br>
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<p lang="zxx"><font size="4">In solidarity,</font></p>
<p lang="zxx"><font size="4">Pallav<br>
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<div style="text-align:center"><font size="4"><font size="6">Remembering
<i>Nagehan Akarsel</i></font><br>
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<p lang="zxx"><font size="4"><i>Nagihan Akarsel</i> was a
prominent figure in the Kurdish community and <font
size="4">politically active for thirty years.</font> She
was a respected journalist and author, imprisoned for years
for her bold and honest views and her active involvement in
Kurdish women's liberation. In Rojava (Eastern Kurdistan), <i>Akarsel</i>
promoted a highly innovative educational initiative in the
field of Jineology - the science of women, and in the
aftermath of the 2014 genocide and femicide wreaked on the
women of Shengal (Sinjar) by the Islamic State (ISIS), she
pursued an incisive and crucial investigation to bring the
culprits to justice. Most recently, <i>Akarsel </i>worked
with women from Southern Kurdistan at the Jineology Research
Centre, where she established a Kurdish women's library,
and also edited the "Jineology" magazine. Last Tuesday, <i>Akarsel</i>
was gunned down with eleven shots in front of her flat in
Sulaymaniyah (Southern Kurdistan). While the culprits have
been arrested and an investigation is underway, all signs
point to a state sponsored assasination.<br>
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<p lang="zxx"><font size="4">With <i>Akarsel's</i> brutal
murder, a warning has been sent to everyone working on the
significant task of organizing and crafting the intellectual
underpinnings of a movement for radical freedom for women.
However, the commitment to pursue <i>Akarsel's </i>dreams
is deeply set in the ideology and practice of Jineology. We
are aware that activists and intellectuals, especially women
who work with clarity and determination to build the path to
a liberated society are a threat to the existing system.
But, the memory of our comrade, <i>Nagihan Akarsel</i> and
our deep commitment to her convictions gives us the strength
to pursue our goal of "Democratic Modernity" in the
inspiring company of our colleagues from the Jineology
initiative. <br>
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<p lang="zxx"><font size="4">In solidarity,</font></p>
<p lang="zxx"><font size="4">Academy Of Democratic Modernity<br>
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