Thomas McGee is a scholar in Kurdish Studies focusing on the Kurds of Syria and their civil society initiatives. Karen Leigh is the managing editor of News Deeply. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/thomas-mcgee-imad-talati-and-karen-leigh/rss en Religious & Ethnic Groups Fri, 04 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Thomas McGee, Imad Talati and Karen Leigh https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/04/04/the-voice-of-a-kurdish-woman-doing-battle-in-qamishli https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/04/04/the-voice-of-a-kurdish-woman-doing-battle-in-qamishli We speak with a fighter from the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ), an all-female fighting unit established by the PYD.