azad-jan:

A famous Kurdish proverb: “Şér şére, çi jine çi mére”. “A Lion is a Lion, be it a male or a female”

Portrait of Jîn, 20 years old. Jîn and her family fled Kobane during the ISIS siege of 2014. After returning after the city’s liberation, both Jîn and her brother both joined the YPG/J.

Photo by Joey L.