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Italian journalist based in Lyon, France, recently working also from Brussels. I have worked for over 20 years on the Kurdish issue, mainly in Turkey, but I have also travelled to Iraqi Kurdistan and Rojava, Syria. I published a book on my travels throughout the borders in the mainly Kurdish-populated area and produced a film about the "women's revolution" in Northern Syria, "The Flowers of Rojava". I am presently working on EU-financed innovation projects, environment and sustainability. I am also interested in science fiction and dystopia, having written a university dissertation on politics in science fiction a published a few short stories in Italy and France. My mother tongue is Italian, but I can write and speak fluently in English and French. I also have notions of Turkish and can understand most of Spanish.
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North East of Syria is stable enough to welcome people fleeing from war-devastated areas in the rest of the country and from Iraq. In Qamishli, some refugee children live in houses, not tents and go to real purpose-built schools. In this neighbourhood of Qamishli lives a mix of people: Kurdish, Arabs, Assyrians and Armenians, all side by side.
The area was multi-ethnic before the war, but since the conflict the communities are more mingled. While some have gone to Turkey, others have arrived, from cities like Damascus or Aleppo. So multilingualism is essential for everyone to get along. Since pre-schoo children have been learning to speak and write at least three languages.
But there is another issue: children are often traumatised, and the different communities must learn to live together in peace. This is why schools created by NGOs like Rojava Free Women's Foundation psychological aid to children and parents alike.
