The narrative that non-Kurdish communities don't support the AANES political model and the ideology behind it is spreading again.

Remember: Any analysis that ignores how *women* across communities have embraced key features of this model is either incompetent or dishonest.

Here is a look at how autonomous women's institutions developed in culturally diverse Manbij after the city was liberated from ISIS. Women from all communities slowly but surely stepped up and took advantage of the new opportunities the AANES provided. https://medium.com/@_____mjb/an-overview-of-aanes-womens-institutions-in-manbij-5089c450c24b

As another example: Conservative Arabs and conservative Kurds have both attacked the AANES co-chair system in recent months. There are protests against it in Deir Ezzor, and ENKS has demanded in unity talks that the AANES get rid of it.

However, many Arab and Kurdish women alike disagree very strongly with such attacks, and want to keep the system in place.

That's not an ethnic dispute over ideology. It is an example of traditional elites fearing organizing and political gains by oppressed segments of society.