FREE: Interview with Abd al-Raqib, a Kurd from Haya, Ma’batli - Part 1
In the small village of Haya, just north of Ma'batli in central Afrin, I meet Abd al-Raqib on a beautiful balcony overlooking his garden and farmlands, on an October day in 2022.
“I lived in Aleppo for 20 years,” he tells me, “because of my job I worked in a weaving factory. At first I was a teacher in a school. The regime arrested me and put me in prison for five years. The accusation was: Kurdi…
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