A film about the people's resistance at the Tishreen (Tishrin) Dam is now available in Italian, Portuguese, English, and German on YouTube (m.youtube.com/@Berxwedan_Jiyane_film). The film tells the story of the people of Rojava who defended the dam through a peace vigil.

The dam is located on the Euphrates River, which separates the regions of Afrin and Kobane. Ten years ago, on January 26, 2015, the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Women's Defense Units defeated Daesh (ISIS) in Kobane in a historic battle that marked the beginning of Syria's liberation from the Islamic State's fascism. In recent months, especially since November 27, there have been heavy clashes in the area around the dam between the Syrian Democratic Forces (the council of self-defense units of the people of northeastern Syria) and the Syrian National Army (SNA) militias, who are armed by the Turkish state to attack the Autonomous Administration and continue the genocide of the Kurdish people.

In early December, when SNA militias attacked Manbij and the Shehba region, hundreds of thousands of people were displaced and had to flee to escape the militiamen entering houses to loot and rape, and massacre patients in hospitals. These people fled east towards safer cities of the Autonomous Administration, far from the front line forming along the Euphrates' banks. The dam itself was in danger of collapsing, which would have resulted in a devastating humanitarian, ecological, and economic disaster.

For this reason, on January 8, the people of Rojava organized a peace vigil as a form of civil protest. However, the first convoy of cars was attacked by Turkish warplanes, killing five people before they could reach the dam. Resistance grew, and more convoys came to help, defend, and protest at the peace vigil. As the resistance grew, attacks continued and friends and comrades fell as martyrs. Martyrs embody resistance and demonstrate the great sacrifice made for the struggle for existence and life. "Berxwedan Jiyane" means "resistance is life," indicating that one can only have a life based on dignity and freedom through resistance.

This resistance, which continued with great sacrifice for over 100 days, brought significant gains. On May 5, the Autonomous Administration announced the victory of the resistance (https://anfenglish.com/rojava-syria/-79200 ) and stated, "The Tishrin Dam has become a symbol of national unity. It stands as a living example of resistance against the Turkish state and its mercenaries."

This film tells the story of one of the convoys of the People's Resistance at the Tishreen Dam. Translated into Italian, English, and German, with more translations to come, the film is available on YouTube. It can be shared to commemorate this great resistance and sacrifice with a victorious outcome as a symbol of a society that resists for the sake of resistance, which means life. Berxwedan Jiyane! Resistance is life!