Asia Ramazan Antar, a Kurdish Women’s Protection Unit (YPJ) fighter, Photo Alberto Hugo Rojas / The Times
Asia Ramazan Antar
was killed at 19 years old
fighting ISIS in Syrian Kurdistan
amongst war communication
and propaganda
who was she really?
this picture of her
I kept for years
on my computer desktop
with her knowing look
from a corner of my screen
she would smile at me endlessly
her hair flying around
somewhere in the desert
an epitone of youth life and courage
the magic of a picture
a precious instant, a precious self
forever young and alive and brave
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