a rejuvenation in Kurdish culture in Amuda. Following the departure of the Syrian Army, Kurdish flags could again be sold in its markets, and a large demand for traditional Kurdish clothing likewise appeared. While the town was still under government control, a Kurdish language center was opened in 2011, working under threat. Since the arrival of the YPG the center can operate safely, resulting in an overflow of students. In late 2012 Ronahi TV was founded, the only Syrian television channel that broadcasts in Kurdish. It has 50 employees, some of them Arabs, presenting "more than 25 political, cultural, and social programs in Kurdish and Arabic". In August 2015 a Swedish activist group from Malmö (Allt åt Alla) launched the "Rojava Electricity Project", a crowdfunding campaign on the site Indiegogo, to raise money for Amuda. The goal is to, in the span of 23 days, collect $23,000 to help repair the town's Swedish-made generators. An electricity crisis is growing in Rojava, and according to the local economic committee three of Amuda's five generators are not functioning. Once the generators have been fixed using the funds procured through the campaign, the estimate is that 1320 kW will be generated, and that 800 households that are currently cut off will receive 10 hours of electricity a day. Demographics In 2004 the population was 26,821, 95% of the inhabitants in the town are Kurds and the rest being Arabs and Assyrians. Churches Syriac Orthodox Church of Saint Elias (كنيسة مار إلياس الحي للسريان الأرثوذكس) Syriac Catholic Church of Saint John the Baptist (كنيسة القديس مار يوحنا المعمدان للسريان الكاثوليك) Notable people Abdulbaset Sieda, politician Haitham Hussein, Syrian Kurd novelist, critique writer, and reviewer Mahmoud Dahoud, German footballer Helîm Yûsiv, Syrian Kurdish writer and lawyer See also Amouda cinema References Assyrian communities in Syria Kurdish communities in Syria Populated places in Qamishli District Towns in Syria