avesta. is that a kurdish name? meeting the ypj internationals is a powerful experience.mitment came through, absolutely strongly. in the beginning i wanted to come here, more like to understand, to learn, but of course i came here to fight. i am ready for this, as so many people are. it is notjust fighting, it is like building up a really, really beautiful world of hope, of freedom. a key part of the rojava revolution is the liberation of women. 0ne village in particular is trying to help by putting this feminist ideology into practice. it's beautiful. i love all the colours. so, so bright, so cheerful, so positive. can we see inside the finished one? ceiling timbers, i want to live here! the total number of those displaced across rojava is believed to be in the region of 200,000. since rojava was established, the lives of the kurds in syria have been transformed. but in 2014, they faced a monumental battle for survival. the syrian border town of kobane has been engulfed in the fiercest fighting yet between kurdish forces and so—called islamic state jihadists who are try