Vrije Universiteit Brussel ‘Independent’ Kurdish Media in Syria Badran, Yazan; De Angelis, Enrico Published in: Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication DOI: 10.1163/18739865-00903001 Publication date: 2016 Document Version: Submitted manuscript Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Badran, Y., & De Angelis, E. (2016). ‘Independent’ Kurdish Media in Syria: Conflicting Identities in the Transition. Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication, 9(3), 334–351. https://doi.org/10.1163/18739865-00903001 General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. • Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Download date: 06. Oct. 2021 “Independent” Kurdish Media in Syria: conflicting identities in the transition1 Yazan Badran, CEMESO, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium),
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[email protected] Abstract. The Syrian uprising in 2011 was accompanied by the birth of a new generation of media outlets seeking to offer different narratives to those of the regime.