Syrian women pull off their burkas to show they are free from ISIS
Source: Metro UK
This picture, taken by the border between Syria and Turkey, shows the amazing moment women take off their black burqas to celebrate being out of ISIS-held territory.
The snaps were captured by cameraman Shervan Derwish, as the car drove into the autonomous region of Rojava, which is held by the Kurdish YPG.
Under the Islamic State so-called caliphate, women have to wear the black shapeless burqas, whether they want it or not.
Jack Shahine, the journalist who was working alongside Derwish when he captured the footage, told MailOnline:
‘These women, children and men are fleeing ISIS controlled area and as soon as reaching Kurdish YPG (People’s Protection Units) controlled areas they remove the black Burkas obliged by ISIS, breathing freedom again…[They] started to remove blackness, feeling cheerful and joyful for being finally free.’
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Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/06/syrian-women-pull-off-their-burkas-to-show-they-are-free-from-isis-5233062/
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The look on her face is anguished, as if to say, I want this *thing* off me!
It's obvious the burka was not worn voluntarily by them. They aren't just shedding the burka, but the loathesome lives they were being subjected to.
Hurray for the men. Hurray for all who helped free them. Some good is being doen in this world...
