Viyan Peyman

Viyan Peyman was a Kurdish singer and fighter with the YPJ who was killed fighting ISIS in Syria in 2015.

Viyan Peyman
Born
Gülistan Tali Cinganlo

Maku, Iran
Died6 April, 2015
Sere Kaniye
Cause of deathKIA
Resting placeŞehit Rüstem Cudi Martyrs' Cemetery
NationalityKurdish, Iranian
OccupationSinger, Kurdish resistance fighter
Known forFighting ISIS, traditional Kurdish folk songs

Before the Syrian Civil War, Peyman was a teacher.[1] According to Kurdish news agency Rudaw, Peyman was from the Iranian Kurdish town of Maku. Her birth name was Gülistan Tali Cinganlo.[2] Peyman was a folk singer, and wrote her own music in traditional Kurdish folk style.[3][4] Peyman was known as a Dengbêj, a folk singer or storyteller, for her songs about the Kurdish resistance to ISIS and her fellow fighters who had died.[5][6]

Peyman was injured twice, shot in her leg and stomach, but returned to continue fighting.[1] She told NBC News that she was fighting in Kobane for the women of the Middle East: "We stand and fight, especially here in the Middle East where women are treated as inferiors. We stand here as symbols of strength for all the women of the region."[7]

Peyman was killed while fighting ISIS on 6 April 2015.[7][8] The battle for Kobane ended in January 2015, and Peyman was killed in the Syrian-Turkish border town of Sere Kaniye, where she had gone in mid-February.[2] She was buried in the Şehit Rüstem Cudi Martyrs' Cemetery in a village near Sere Kaniye.[9]

Resources

Viyan Peyman singing in Kobane on YouTube

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References
  1. "Engel in Kobani: Women Are on the Front Lines Against ISIS". NBC News. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  2. "Şehit Viyan'ın son günleri..." Rudaw. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  3. "poptronics ' Le Rojava, terre de lutte féministe, à la kalach et en musique". www.poptronics.fr. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  4. "Viyan Peyman - New Songs, Playlists & Latest News - BBC Music". Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  5. "Viyan Peyman immortalizes in Kobanê". www.diclehaber.com. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  6. Teams, Clipnano com. "Viyan Peyman - Kobane 2015 - Reber Dosky". Clipnano.com. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  7. "Viyan Peyman, Female Kurdish Fighter Killed Battling ISIS". NBC News. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  8. Llibertat.cat. "Mor la combatent de l'YPJ i cantant kurda Viyan Peyman". Llibertat.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  9. "JINHA || jinhaber1.com". www.jinhaber1.com. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
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