In Syrian camps, the future just might be female
ARISHA, Syria - Ibrahim Habloush is grateful to be here in Ain Issa, one of dozens of wind-swept desert camps set up in northeastern Syria for people displaced by the fight against Islamic State extremists.
It is a safe place for his family of 10 while they wait for their ravaged city of Raqqa to be cleared of explosives and rubble. But the 50-year-old builder does have a complaint.
"They give a lot of rights to women," he explained. "If I raise my voice at a woman, they might put me in jail."
He said that when some of the men at the camp complained to authorities, they were told, "We are a democracy here."
The camps are run by ethnic Kurdish forces who have some distinctly progressive ideas about women. It's been something of a culture shock for many of the
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