Mesopotamian Social Sciences Academy

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The Mesopotamian Social Sciences Academy is a co-educational university in Qamishli, a city in de facto autonomous region, the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria. [1] The academy opened in 2013 offering classes in criticism and self-criticism, the democratic system and the Kurdish language. [2]

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The school year has three terms, lasting 3-4 months each. The curriculum consists mainly of history and sociology classes. [2] Jineoloji is also taught there. [3] Teaching occurs mainly in Kurdish. [2]

There was a book donation drive organised early in the life of the university, which, amongst others, was donated to by AK Press. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Enzinna, Wes (24 November 2015). "A Dream of Secular Utopia in ISIS' Backyard". New York Times. Archived from the original on 4 December 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Biehl, Janet (25 August 2015). "Liberated learning in Rojava". www.redpepper.org.uk. Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Allsopp, Harriet; van Wilgenburg, Wladimir (2019). The Kurds of Northern Syria. Volume 2: Governance, Diversity and Conflicts. London; New York City: I.B. Tauris. p. 110. ISBN   978-1-8386-0445-5.
  4. ↑ "BOOK DONATION CAMPAIGN". Kurdish Studies Network . 15 November 2014. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

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