from Portraits of an All-Female Fighting Unit of the Free Syrian Army, 2013 (Sebastiano Tomada Piccolomini)













“My husband died on the front lines, I will die on the front lines, may God help us,” Fadwa, 20 years old, widow with 3 children (top/left).

“I feel optimistic, we will defeat the regime, put an end to poverty and mistreatment,” Khansa, 42 years old, married, housewife with 7 children (top/right).

“I’m sincere to God, that is all I need and want, the rest will come with time,” Amal, 30 years old, married, housewife with 3 children (bottom/left).

“I fight for life and freedom, I fight to prove that woman and man are equal,” Benifet Ikhla, 27 years old, widow with 6 children (bottom/right).













(thanks to sister wolf)