The Daughters of Kobani - A 30-Minute Summary

Fight on the frontlines alongside a group of women who stood up to ISIS.
The northern Syrian city of Kobani was surrounded. Battle-hardened fighters from the Islamic extremist group ISIS controlled three-quarters of the city; their tanks had advanced to Mishtanour, a strategic hilltop nearby.
For days, militias fought ISIS on Mishtanour until they were commanded to withdraw. But some fighters didn’t obey the order. Among them was a woman named Arin Mirkan. Instead of pulling back, Mirkan decided to strap a grenade to her waist and charge an oncoming ISIS tank. When she reached the tank, she detonated the grenade, killing herself and all of the fighters inside.
Mirkan was part of a militia led entirely by women -⁠ the “daughters” of Kobani whose goals went beyond simply defeating ISIS. They were also fighting for women’s rights in a culture that claimed women had none. These blinks tell the stories of four incredible women -⁠ Azeema, Rojda, Nowruz, and Znarin -⁠ who took part in that fight.