Joel Schalit / 03 May 2021
The Cosmopolitan Ideal
May Day in Neukölln
The language was a victory by itself. Seeing the word "Yallah" spread across Karl-Marx-Straße, was like living in the best of all possible worlds.(...)
PYD
Joel Schalit / 26 Aug 2020
Syria is Everywhere
Field Recording Rojava
"The Kurds are the Roma of the Middle East." I should have seen it coming. The statement, made by a reporter I worked with, was typical of his repertoire. Like many Europeans, they didn't immediately fit with his idea of the region.(...)
Joel Schalit / 21 Oct 2019
If Not Now, When?
The Crisis in Rojava
When was the last time that Washington backed the good guys? Barack Obama's support for Syria's Kurds was always a fraught proposition.(...)