title: Free Youth Movement
text: # Free Youth Movement
  
  Free Youth Movement (FYM) (Kurdish جوڵانەوەى گەنجانى ئازاد) is a youth group that began in the Winters of 2011 in Iraqi Kurdistan by a group of journalists and students to support freedom in the Middle East and the whole world.
  
  ## Description
  
  Free Youth Movement started its activities early in February 2011. The first activity was at American University of Iraq-Sulaimani, FYM held a meeting to support the revolution of Egyptians and Tunisians at the time.
  
  FYM foundation and activities were covered by local media widely, at the first week of their activities, more than a dozen of websites and newspapers published news and report on them.
  
  