Viyan Peyman
Viyan Peyman (originally Gülistan Tali Cinganlo) was a Kurdish singer and fighter with the Women's Protection Units (YPJ) who was killed fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria in 2015.
Viyan Peyman | |
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Born | Gülistan Tali Cinganlo |
Died | 6 April 2015 |
Cause of death | KIA |
Resting place | Şehit Rüstem Cudi Martyrs' Cemetery, Dirbêsiyê |
Nationality | Kurdish |
Occupation(s) | Singer/songwriter, Kurdish resistance fighter |
Known for | Fighting ISIL, traditional Kurdish folk songs |
Cinganlo was from the town of Maku, in Iranian Kurdistan. Before the Syrian Civil War, she was a teacher.[1][2] Cinganlo was a folk singer, and wrote her own music in traditional Kurdish folk style.[3][4] She was known as a dengbêj, a folk singer or storyteller, for her songs about the Kurdish resistance to the Islamic State in the Rojava-Islamist conflict, and her fellow fighters who had died.[5][6]
Cinganlo was injured twice, shot in her leg and stomach, but returned to continue fighting.[1] She told NBC News that she was fighting in the Siege of 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]
Cinganlo was killed while fighting the Islamic State on 6 April 2015.[7][8] The battle for Kobane ended in January 2015, and Cinganlo was killed in the town of Sere Kaniye on the Syria-Turkey border, where she had gone in mid-February.[2] She was buried in the Şehit Rüstem Cudi Martyrs' Cemetery in Dirbêsiyê.[9] Many artists around the world highlighted Cinganlo's life in their works after her death.
The Kurdish musician Shahriyar Jamshidi has devoted his composition "Viyan" from his 2020 released My Sunset-Land ROJAVA album to Cinganlo, celebrating her life as a Kurdish singer from Iran where there are legal restrictions on women's public singing.[10][11]
References
- "Engel in Kobani: Women Are on the Front Lines Against ISIS". NBC News. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- "Şehit Viyan'ın son günleri..." Rudaw. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- "poptronics ' Le Rojava, terre de lutte féministe, à la kalach et en musique". www.poptronics.fr. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- "Viyan Peyman - New Songs, Playlists & Latest News - BBC Music". Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- "Viyan Peyman immortalizes in Kobanê". www.diclehaber.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- Teams, Clipnano com. "Viyan Peyman - Kobane 2015 - Reber Dosky". Clipnano.com. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- "Viyan Peyman, Female Kurdish Fighter Killed Battling ISIS". NBC News. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- Llibertat.cat. "Mor la combatent de l'YPJ i cantant kurda Viyan Peyman". Llibertat.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- "JINHA || jinhaber1.com". www.jinhaber1.com. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- "Viyan". Canuckistan. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
…With the opening piece, 'Viyan', Jamshidi remembers Kurdish-Iranian singer Viyan Peyman, a Dengbej (storyteller) and teacher who left her hometown and all her belongings to join the resistance in Rojava and lost her life in 2015.
- "Shahriyar Jamshidi - Viyan [My Sunset-Land ROJAVA Album © 2020]". YouTube. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
External links
- Viyan Peyman singing in Kobane on YouTube