Sara: Prison Memoir of a Kurdish Revolutionary

by Sakine Cansiz

Overview

The second instalment of the iconic memoirs of one of the first female fighters of the PKK

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780745339849
Publisher:	Pluto Press
Publication date:	08/20/2019
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	(w) x (h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Sakine Cansiz was a Kurdish revolutionary, who was a leading member of the PKK, present at its first congress of 1978. She was imprisoned between 1980 and 1991 for her membership of the PKK. A close associate of Abdullah Ocalan, she was murdered in Paris in 2013.

Table of Contents

Translator's Introduction - Janet Biehl 1. Capitulation, betrayal, and resistance 2. Back to the torture chamber 3. Escape from prison 4. A stranger among us 5. A spark in the women’s block 6. Preparing for the big escape 7. The enemy is afraid, as are we 8. From prison to prison

Editorial Reviews

""'Sakine Cansiz was a true pioneer and one of the founders of a political movement whose story is far from over and whose latest chapters we witness unfolding in today's events in Turkey and Syria. This book is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the real motivates of this unique modern political movement'"" - Estella Schmid, Peace in Kurdistan Campaign ""'A brilliant, passionate girl who discovers Kurdish politics in high school and flees her family, determined to become a revolutionary instead of a housewife - A riveting, inspiring book'"" - Meredith Tax, feminist activist and author of A Road Unforeseen: Women Fight the Islamic State (2016) ""'Here is the story of a fearless Kurdish woman full of fight, who, with pain and resistance, resurrected and caused resurrection, who rebelled and caused rebellion, who became free and caused freedom. Her story is the story of Kurdistan, the story of Kurdish women, the story of Middle Eastern women. A story that renews itself with the consciousness of freedom'"" - Cigdem Dogu, coordinatior of Kurdistan Women's Communities KJK ""'A fascinating glimpse into the making of a Kurdish woman revolutionary'"" - New Internationalist

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