YBŞ/YJŞ positions in Shengal are getting stronger with meaningful participations. New people joining the YBŞ and YJŞ ranks show that it won’t just be the freedom of the land that will be achieved, it will be the whole society’s freedom. YBŞ/YJŞ fighter father-daughter, Berxwedan and Ibrahim, are defending their land on the same frontline.

One of the villages ISIS massacred Êzidî Kurds in on August 3, 2014 is Shengal’s Kocho village. YBŞ fighter Ibrahim Murad Hewîn (50) is one of the survivors. Hewîn took his place in the ranks of YBŞ, which he sees as the guarantee for his people’s life, and has been on the path to freedom along with his 3 children for almost 3 years. He is the father in Shengal’s favorite family, and now he is on Shengal frontlines along with his daughter Berxwedan Tolhildan (20) in the YJŞ ranks.

“WE WILL KEEP OUR PROMISE TO WOMEN”

Ibrahim and Berxwedan in the YBŞ and YJŞ talk to ANF about the joy of being in the same frontlines. YJŞ fighter Tolhildan says the reason she joined was to make the dreams of her fallen comrades a reality and adds: “I feel good being in the YBŞ along with my father. It was our dream to achieve success together and gift it to our martyred comrades.” She says they will fulfill the promise they made to the Êzidî women.

“THE FUTURE IS IN THE FRONTLINES”

Tolhildan says: “All charitable people should join and take their place in the frontlines for Shengal. In particular, all Êzidî women and youth should see their future in the YBŞ and YJŞ and join the frontlines.”

YBŞ fighter Ibrahim doesn’t think his age is an obstacle for him in being a soldier, and says being in the YBŞ with his daughter is an undescribable feeling.

Ibrahim says he was tasked with fulfilling the basic needs of the fighters in the YBŞ. He says throughout history, there have been many powers in Shengal but all approached the Êzidî people for their own interests, and continues: “The UK, the US, the Baath regime and other states brought in forces here, but none of them considered the future of the Êzidî people and allow them to form their own defense forces. Finally, PKK came to Shengal and taught us how we should defend ourselves and how we will defend ourselves with our own will.”

“I HAVE THREE CHILDREN IN THE YBŞ/YJŞ”

Ibrahim says he joined the YBŞ/YJŞ along with his daughter and two sons after he realized this. He adds: “I brought my 3 children to the YBŞ/YJŞ myself. My children will be the leaders and the future of the Êzidî people. Today me and my daughter are ready here to avenge our martyred comrades. What I want here is that all our people take their place in the frontlines.”