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Amid Syria's Civil War, Kurds Enjoy Newfound Language Freedoms
by Sirwan Kajjo
August 3, 2016

Syria's civil war and the rise of Islamic State militants have left Syrian Kurds with an opportunity to control their areas in the north and northeastern part of that war-torn country. This has allowed the Kurds to exercise their once-banned ethnic culture freely.

The newfound freedoms in the Kurdish-controlled region are being used to promote Kurdish, a language that was banned for decades during the rule of President Bashar al-Assad and his late father, Hafez al-Assad.

With almost no presence of Syrian government forces, local Kurdish groups say they are free to learn their language and teach it to the new generation.

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