The media frenzy over the women fighting ISIL is bizarre, myopic, orientalist and cheapens an import
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Why are Kurds, who displayed the most efficient resistance against the Islamic State, labelled as te
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The media frenzy over the women fighting ISIL is bizarre, myopic, orientalist and cheapens an import
Why are Kurds, who displayed the most efficient resistance against the Islamic State, labelled as te