Ahmedî Mistê

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndhrx4XtVjU

The documentary focuses on the village of Ehmedê Mistê, located in the Efrîn region. The host also briefly mentions the nearby village of Xoşekan. The village is situated near Çiyayê Bilbile and Çiyayê Hawarê. According to local residents, the settlement is entirely populated by a single extended family, the Ehmedê Mistê family. The village itself was named after its founder, Ehmedê Mistê, who had four sons: Ehmed, Henan, Rehman, and Osman.

During the host's visit, the village youth, along with community figures like Abû Nêçîrvan, are seen actively engaged in voluntarily paving and repairing the village roads. The residents explain that they organized themselves to fix the roads without expecting any financial compensation, relying entirely on the support of their community, including assistance from diaspora members living abroad in Europe. They are laying asphalt and repairing water pipes to improve the infrastructure. The host praises this collective effort, emphasizing a strong sense of community and self reliance. The host speaks with several residents, including a teacher named Îbrahîm Ehmed who teaches the Kurdish language at the school in Meydanek.

An elderly resident provides valuable historical context. He explains that the inhabitants originally came from the nearby village of Qizilbaş approximately one hundred and seventy five to two hundred years ago. He notes that while Qizilbaş and another neighboring village, Bêlo, are very ancient, potentially a thousand years old, Ehmedê Mistê is relatively recent, spanning roughly four or five generations.

The elderly man also reflects on the past, recalling the hardships during the French mandate period. He notes that he was not old enough to witness the oppression of the Osmanlî era, but he remembers the French rule, specifically mentioning how a local man named Evdînê Kêfo fought against the French forces for freedom. He contrasts the strong social bonds, mutual aid, and abundant natural food of the past with the modern era, where community work is often done for money and food is grown with chemicals, leading to more diseases.

The village faces some infrastructural challenges, such as a lack of local wells; they rely on company water provided once a week, supplementing it with rainwater for their gardens. The residents maintain spacious courtyards, contrasting with the narrow spaces of other villages, allowing them to host gatherings comfortably. The video concludes with the host observing a traditional method of putting a baby named Mustefa to sleep in a hanging cloth cradle, accompanied by lullabies sung by a woman named Zeyneb.