Rojava is an area in the north of Syria. Predominantly Kurdish the area has broken away from Bashar Alasads Syrian government and has undertaken a revolution and democratic experiment, they have gained some mainstream media attention for being one of the only effective forces combating ISIS, however, analysis rarely goes that deep so many people will think they are just another faction in the fractured Syrian conflict. The modern history of Rojava can be traced back to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, after which the European powers moved into the area, especially France which had control of Syria. The colonial governments and brutal dictators who were backed by the west dominated the middle east region. After world war two the bankrupted European colonials withdrew from the middle east, leaving behind a wave of Arab nationalism which grew in influence after the Arabs defeat at the hands of the newly formed state of Israel. Coups in the Arab nations were to follow and