Rojîn Mûkrîyan
@rojinmukriyan.bsky.social
PhD researcher @ucc.bsky.social
Main research areas are in political theory & Middle Eastern politics/ Kurdistan
Main research areas are in political theory & Middle Eastern politics/ Kurdistan
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Reforms, Mousavi’s call for a referendum, or a “third way” of civil resistance. Iran’s future is contested, but can any path weaken the regime’s grip?
✍️ By Rojin Mukriyan
Read the full analysis here: www.theamargi.com/posts/compet...
✍️ By Rojin Mukriyan
Read the full analysis here: www.theamargi.com/posts/compet...
September 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Reforms, Mousavi’s call for a referendum, or a “third way” of civil resistance. Iran’s future is contested, but can any path weaken the regime’s grip?
✍️ By Rojin Mukriyan
Read the full analysis here: www.theamargi.com/posts/compet...
✍️ By Rojin Mukriyan
Read the full analysis here: www.theamargi.com/posts/compet...
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At our launch, Rojin Mukriyan explored how shifting alliances and grassroots movements are reshaping the prospects for democracy in the Middle East.
#TheAmargiLaunches
#TheAmargiLaunches
September 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
At our launch, Rojin Mukriyan explored how shifting alliances and grassroots movements are reshaping the prospects for democracy in the Middle East.
#TheAmargiLaunches
#TheAmargiLaunches
A few hours ago, I had an interview with @bbcpersian regarding the atrocities against the Druze in Suweida, Syria. I highlighted that, first, we should remember that the HTS is composed of diverse groups and factions, often with divergent approaches to different issues.1/
July 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
A few hours ago, I had an interview with @bbcpersian regarding the atrocities against the Druze in Suweida, Syria. I highlighted that, first, we should remember that the HTS is composed of diverse groups and factions, often with divergent approaches to different issues.1/
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🌍 ECPS - Mapping Populism Studies
Panel XXI: Ethnic/Sectarian Politics & Populism in Iraq, Syria & Kurdish Regions
📅 April 24 | 🕒 15:00–17:10 CET
🎙️ Expert speakers + rich insights
🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🔗 Details: www.populismstudies.org/mapping-glob...
Panel XXI: Ethnic/Sectarian Politics & Populism in Iraq, Syria & Kurdish Regions
📅 April 24 | 🕒 15:00–17:10 CET
🎙️ Expert speakers + rich insights
🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🔗 Details: www.populismstudies.org/mapping-glob...
April 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🌍 ECPS - Mapping Populism Studies
Panel XXI: Ethnic/Sectarian Politics & Populism in Iraq, Syria & Kurdish Regions
📅 April 24 | 🕒 15:00–17:10 CET
🎙️ Expert speakers + rich insights
🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🔗 Details: www.populismstudies.org/mapping-glob...
Panel XXI: Ethnic/Sectarian Politics & Populism in Iraq, Syria & Kurdish Regions
📅 April 24 | 🕒 15:00–17:10 CET
🎙️ Expert speakers + rich insights
🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🔗 Details: www.populismstudies.org/mapping-glob...
I am delighted to present a paper titled “The Evolution and Mishaps of Kurdish Identity Politics Under Multiple Dominations” at the conference “Mapping Global Populism — Panel XXI: Ethnic & Sectarian Politics and Populism in Iraq, Syria, and Kurdish Regions,” 1/2👇🏽
Mapping Global Populism - Panel XXI: Ethnic & Sectarian Politics and Populism in Iraq, Syria and Kurdish Regions - ECPS
“Waves of Populism in Iraq,” by Hashim Hayder Khashan Al-Rekabi (Lecturer, University of Kufa).
www.populismstudies.org
April 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I am delighted to present a paper titled “The Evolution and Mishaps of Kurdish Identity Politics Under Multiple Dominations” at the conference “Mapping Global Populism — Panel XXI: Ethnic & Sectarian Politics and Populism in Iraq, Syria, and Kurdish Regions,” 1/2👇🏽
🧵Today marks an historic day for us, the Kurds and other people in the Middle East. Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the PKK, called for the disarmament and dissolution of the PKK. There are arguments both for and against this call. 1/
February 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🧵Today marks an historic day for us, the Kurds and other people in the Middle East. Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the PKK, called for the disarmament and dissolution of the PKK. There are arguments both for and against this call. 1/
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CoE rapporteurs voice concern over Turkey’s local democracy after Kurdish mayor’s removal https://buff.ly/434jMle
CoE rapporteurs voice concern over Turkey’s local democracy after Kurdish mayor’s removal - Stockholm Center for Freedom
David Eray and Bryony Rudkin, co-rapporteurs of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (CoE), have expressed concern over the state of local democracy in Turkey…
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February 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
CoE rapporteurs voice concern over Turkey’s local democracy after Kurdish mayor’s removal https://buff.ly/434jMle
A fascinating article by Natasha Walter, who traveled to Rojava to finds answers for some of her questions.
From the text: “Writers cannot work without freedom. […] Even in the West, writers aren’t always free. We must fight for freedom everywhere.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
From the text: “Writers cannot work without freedom. […] Even in the West, writers aren’t always free. We must fight for freedom everywhere.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
‘Woman, life, freedom’: the Syrian feminists who forged a new world in a land of war
In a society riven by conflict and misogyny, the autonomous region of Rojava has a government with perhaps the most complete gender equality in the world
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
A fascinating article by Natasha Walter, who traveled to Rojava to finds answers for some of her questions.
From the text: “Writers cannot work without freedom. […] Even in the West, writers aren’t always free. We must fight for freedom everywhere.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
From the text: “Writers cannot work without freedom. […] Even in the West, writers aren’t always free. We must fight for freedom everywhere.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
The enforcement of the death penalty for Pakhshan Azizi, a Kurdish social worker from Eastern Kurdistan (northwest Iran) who has spent many years assisting women in Syria and Iraq during the war against ISIS, is imminent. The Iranian Supreme Court has rejected all evidence proving that Pakhshan’s👇🏽
January 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The enforcement of the death penalty for Pakhshan Azizi, a Kurdish social worker from Eastern Kurdistan (northwest Iran) who has spent many years assisting women in Syria and Iraq during the war against ISIS, is imminent. The Iranian Supreme Court has rejected all evidence proving that Pakhshan’s👇🏽
The recent comments from the HTS are concerning. The Kurds have not sacrificed more than 11,000 young daughters and sons in the fight against ISIS in Syria to be ruled by Islamist jihadists.👇🏽
December 22, 2024 at 9:24 PM
The recent comments from the HTS are concerning. The Kurds have not sacrificed more than 11,000 young daughters and sons in the fight against ISIS in Syria to be ruled by Islamist jihadists.👇🏽
Following comments by Hakan Fidan, the Turkish foreign minister, stating that if the central government in Syria fulfills its duty regarding the SDF, there will be no need for Turkey to launch an incursion into Syrian territory, the former military chief of HTS,👇🏽
December 22, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Following comments by Hakan Fidan, the Turkish foreign minister, stating that if the central government in Syria fulfills its duty regarding the SDF, there will be no need for Turkey to launch an incursion into Syrian territory, the former military chief of HTS,👇🏽
Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the leader of #HTS has frequently said that he is going to “disband” the armed group. But today he appointed the former military chief of HTS, Marhaf Abu Qasra, as the Acting Minister of Defense.👇
December 21, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the leader of #HTS has frequently said that he is going to “disband” the armed group. But today he appointed the former military chief of HTS, Marhaf Abu Qasra, as the Acting Minister of Defense.👇
What the recent developments in post-Assad #Syria tell us is that, in the actual and existing international political order, it does not matter who one is, what kind of political ideologies one carries, what one’s political background is, how one came to power, for what purpose, and for whose👇🏽
December 20, 2024 at 6:15 PM
What the recent developments in post-Assad #Syria tell us is that, in the actual and existing international political order, it does not matter who one is, what kind of political ideologies one carries, what one’s political background is, how one came to power, for what purpose, and for whose👇🏽
Would probably be better of her to just say that the EU is providing €1 billion for Erdogan to wipe out the Kurds from their homeland. Anything to send the Syrian refugees back home, huh?
December 17, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Would probably be better of her to just say that the EU is providing €1 billion for Erdogan to wipe out the Kurds from their homeland. Anything to send the Syrian refugees back home, huh?
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No, when ethics replaces politics it’s not hard, it’s too easy. Moralism gives clear answers just because the questions are wrong.
December 16, 2024 at 10:14 AM
No, when ethics replaces politics it’s not hard, it’s too easy. Moralism gives clear answers just because the questions are wrong.
During the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BCE) between Athens and Sparta, the Athenians decided to conquer Melos, an island located in the Aegean Sea, in 416 BCE. The Melians were a colony of the Spartans but had remained neutral during the war. However, the Athenians decided to lay siege to Melos👇
December 15, 2024 at 1:58 PM
During the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BCE) between Athens and Sparta, the Athenians decided to conquer Melos, an island located in the Aegean Sea, in 416 BCE. The Melians were a colony of the Spartans but had remained neutral during the war. However, the Athenians decided to lay siege to Melos👇
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New interview out with Mazlum Kobani with Sky News
Counter terror operations are suspended because of Turkish and SNA attacks.
news.sky.com/story/kurdis...
Counter terror operations are suspended because of Turkish and SNA attacks.
news.sky.com/story/kurdis...
December 11, 2024 at 9:31 PM
New interview out with Mazlum Kobani with Sky News
Counter terror operations are suspended because of Turkish and SNA attacks.
news.sky.com/story/kurdis...
Counter terror operations are suspended because of Turkish and SNA attacks.
news.sky.com/story/kurdis...
Defending #Rojava is both politically and morally essential. The Kurds in Rojava were the forces that led the war against ISIS, a threat to human dignity on an international scale. The Kurds not only liberated the Kurdish region in Syria but also sacrificed many young lives in Raqqa, the👇🧵
December 10, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Defending #Rojava is both politically and morally essential. The Kurds in Rojava were the forces that led the war against ISIS, a threat to human dignity on an international scale. The Kurds not only liberated the Kurdish region in Syria but also sacrificed many young lives in Raqqa, the👇🧵
Everyone in Syria, except the Kurds, should have a taste of freedom at any moment! The only place under constant bombing, looting, and killing by the Turkish state and its backed SNA terrorist groups is the #DAANES and #Rojava. The US, the West, and their allies do not care about👇
December 10, 2024 at 8:41 AM
Israel’s foreign minister’s rhetoric only creates more enemies and obstacles for the Kurds in Rojava. Has Israel provided any help to the Kurds in Rojava in any way yet? 1/2
December 9, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Israel’s foreign minister’s rhetoric only creates more enemies and obstacles for the Kurds in Rojava. Has Israel provided any help to the Kurds in Rojava in any way yet? 1/2
So far, the Turkish state is the biggest threat to the stability of post-Assad Syria. #Turkey, with its SNA mercenaries, disrupts peaceful and democratic negotiations among the diverse actors in Syria. 🧵👇
December 8, 2024 at 11:40 AM
So far, the Turkish state is the biggest threat to the stability of post-Assad Syria. #Turkey, with its SNA mercenaries, disrupts peaceful and democratic negotiations among the diverse actors in Syria. 🧵👇
Today marks the fall of another dictator in the Middle East. The Syrian state, particularly the Ba’ath regime, has suppressed non-Arab, non-Shia communities since the late 1940s. For example, in 1962, 120,000 Kurds were stripped of their citizenship, a number that grew to 300,000 by 2010. 🧵👇
December 8, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Today marks the fall of another dictator in the Middle East. The Syrian state, particularly the Ba’ath regime, has suppressed non-Arab, non-Shia communities since the late 1940s. For example, in 1962, 120,000 Kurds were stripped of their citizenship, a number that grew to 300,000 by 2010. 🧵👇
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What you can do to help the victims of violence of Aleppo since November 27th, 2024.
December 3, 2024 at 6:41 PM
What you can do to help the victims of violence of Aleppo since November 27th, 2024.