The oppression of the kurdish people and their fight for education: a future of social change

Abstract

Throughout history there have been numerous nations that have been subdued by the dictatorship of those who are stronger. One of these nations is the Kurdish people, which has been nullified by such civilisations. The abuse of power they have applied on the Kurdish has been reflected in the prohibition of their language, their traditions, their culture and the systematic theft of all of their wealth and natural resources, which have been stolen by those who are stronger. We ask ourselves how it is possible to design an educational system in a village that lives in refugee camps, and that most of the time is under the sound of bombs and death. It is unbelievable to give lectures at schools with such precarious material and human resources, keeping in mind that the oppressive states force them to keep learning in the language of the state they live in, they are obligated to continue with educational work in secrecy while fighting not to lose their culture, language and traditions. Because of this, social initiatives such as the one that took place in Rojava, driven by the Kurdish women in the north of Syria, are a great way to end their isolation and annulment as a nation, serving as a model of multicultural and multilingual cohabitation, from which we can learn and bring to our capitalistic western educational systems.