Kesh Malek Organization

With the start of the Syrian revolution in March 2011, a group of young men and women who believed in the revolution values of justice, freedom and dignity, gathered and formed a group called itself Kesh Malek (The Arabic translation of Checkmate) as a sign of their goal of removing the dictator who inherited Syrias rule, aiming to get the Syrian Republic Back as Kesh Malek slogan says. At the time, Kesh Malek worked in Aleppo on mobilizing the community to join the demonstrations against Bashar Alassad dictator regime, in addition to organizing advocacy campaigns to promote the revolution values through the secret distribution of leaflets, graffiti paintings, and social media, aiming to raise the public awareness about these values, about the change, and about other political and revolutionary issues. In 2012, Kesh Malek organized several events in the eastern parts of Aleppo city after its liberation, with the participation of civil society targeting mainly the children. In 2013...