Message of Love from Kobane - by Maristella Tagliaferro

Roni Ran @RoniRan2

I received

a message

of Love,

as bright

as a star,

last night,

from the city

under siege,

Kobane.

It has
the beautiful

radiant face

of Roni Ran,

a young woman

as strong and

resolute

as all

Amazons.

For hours
after hours

she tweeted

#Airdrop2Kobane

posting

to the world

images

of fighting

sisters.

Their faces
are often

smiling,

always

proud:

there's no

shadow of fear

in their

beautiful eyes,

lit up
by the consciousness

of fulfilling 

their right

to defend

their homes,

their lives

as free

women.

Testimonies
of how much

the men of ISIS

are afraid

when

they meet

face to face

Amazons

carrying guns.

Dances
around the fire

of women

and men

who sing

their ancient

songs,

conversations

with fellow soldiers.

Teenagers
wearing

long

plaits,

their guns

on their shoulders,

saying good bye

with a smile,

their hands waving:

just as if they were leaving
on a school trip.

In their eyes

you can see

a happy

sparkling

such as our

boys and girls

have never known.

Expressive looks
of young women

leaving

for the front line,

knowing they will return,

always:

death cannot scare

those who know

the Mother.

From the bottom of my heart
I wrote "thank you"

to Roni Ran

and to her 

wonderful

fellow Amazons

who are

fighting

for Civilization.

I selfishly
invited her

to Venice,

as soon as Kobane

will be free:

that girl

is full of energy,

she has a lot

to teach me.

"Surely come
to Venice.

I love you -

Roni Ran

answered -

So here you also 

can come to your home.

Place in your home.

<3 <3 <3"

Be free,
Kobane,

for Roni Ran

and her fellow Amazons,

but above all

for us

who just

keep watching,

helpless.

Your Amazon
daughters

have already won:

the world

will not forget

their proud

looks,

their lesson

of Civilization.

In this crumbling
Western World,

I feel powerless,

lost, incapable:

Roni Ran

is right,

my home,

our home

is in Kobane.

Twitter direct messages between @MSTagliaferro and @RoniRan2
in the night between Sunday 12th and Monday 13th October 2014

For Roni Ran and her Amazon Sisters in Kobane
from Venice with love

Roni Ran in Twitter @RoniRan2

2014-10-14 Siria, l’impresa dei curdi a Kobane. Rimossa la bandiera Isis con un articolo di Gianandrea Gaiani - Il Sole 24 Ore link

2014-10-13 today fighters seized several rounds of ammunition video

KOBANE Revolution - YPG and YPJ Kurdish Female Fighters video

'Islamic State are afraid to see women with guns' - BBC News video

Kurdish Female State vs Islamic State - Australian documentary video

YPJ fighters: swearing-in cerimony video

PKK Guerrillas | Immediate Music - Serenata Immortale video

Bella Ciao - Kurdish version by Chia Madani video

Bella Ciao, Kurdistan video

I read "Messaggio d'Amore da Kobane" at
M'Editare 2015 - Singolari Opere Comuni
Venezia, Teatro dei Frari - Saturday, January 10th, 2015
link

2 febbraio 2015
Peter Clifford Online
KOBANE UPDATE 49: ISLAMIC STATE OFFICIALLY ADMIT DEFEAT IN KOBANE – “THERE WAS NO PLACE TO HIDE ANYMORE” – AS YPG “MOP-UP”:
TIMELINE – 2nd FEBRUARY 2015 14.08 GMT link

Peter Clifford writes:

"Lastly, on Kobane, I received this morning this delightful poetic tribute to the inspiring female warriors of the YPJ, a “Message of Love”, originally published last October by @MSTagliaferro, HERE: link"


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New York Review of Books, "The Syrian Kurds are Winning" by Jonathan Steele link

Il Post, "Le foto delle combattenti del Rojava" reportage by John Moore link