Syrian Kurd living in U.S. goes on two - week hunger strike on Washington sidewalk . `` The able-bodied relatives of mine are fighting . '' Ali Abbas wants to draw attention to plight of his hometown , Kobani . He says his able - bodied relatives are fighting ISIS in Kobani . Hunger strike is in the tradition of Sonia Gandhi , Martin Luther King Jr , he says .
Syrian Kurd living in U.S. goes on two - week hunger strike on Washington sidewalk . Ali Abbas wants to draw attention to plight of his hometown , Kobani . He says his able - bodied relatives are fighting ISIS in Kobani . Hunger strike is in the tradition of Sonia Gandhi , Martin Luther King Jr , he says .