hazima syria bullet-marked school islamic state flatten booby trap around former syrian stronghold raqqa buzz first time years sound children learn village hazima north raqqa teachers give ad-hoc alphabet lessons cram classrooms recent summer day start term right important thing get children class say teacher ahmed al-ahmed stand next hole school stairwell leave mine blast wound colleague ultra-hardline islamic state close school many others northern syria seize control region 2014 three years country civil war instead teach children extremist think mosques group oust territory hold around raqqa u.s.-backed military alliance syrian democratic force sdf grow debate education point ethnic tensions expect follow teach areas control sdf include arab militias dominate kurdish ypg one many question predominantly arab part northern syria run come kurdish fold school around raqqa year teach new curriculum base old textbooks erase baathist ideology president bashar al-assad decision agree arab kurdish teachers alike official sdf float immediate introduction kurdish lessons raqqa school idea make local officials bristle contrast areas sdf control years teach kurdish plan yet teach language mostly arab raqqa officials say would need broad consensus hint concern introduction quickly would cause unrest object kurdish teach impose school problems ahmed say ypg hold areas northeast syria since early six-year-old war self-run administration oppose assad hold main population center west also advance islamic state turkey ypg foe border syria raqqa likely join administration officials say ethnic group represent local body run majority arab regions capture sdf oust fighters critics say kurds dominate decision-making reuters interview sdf officials local authorities suggest resentment kurdish power brew education plan senior sdf adviser coordinator u.s. coalition say believe kurdish would teach kurdish pupils around raqqa year follow model school sdf territory one oppose ... every ethnic group right study language amed sido say via internet officials raqqa civil council newly-formed local govern body take aback happen without consultations us agreement council ammar hussein education committee official say office town issa arabic english french lessons echo several council members say kurdish would teach families request enough qualify teachers arab-kurdish council approve people agree ... objection say ali shanna another education committee official kurd know kurdish language need learn former kurdish teacher privately deride shanna comment hate attitude ignorance think daesh islamic state say teacher jail assad write kurdish-language journal sensitivity language already cause unrest hasaka northeast area control years ypg new curriculum teach arabic kurdish official languages demonstrations report monitor group protesters call arab children learn kurdish mostafa bali sdf official say intention force kurdish arabs suppress arabic support racism language many kurds would like see arabic teach ban kurdish areas revenge baath teach say baathist curriculum champion arab nationalism ethnic identity kurdish pupils punish speak mother tongue school playgrounds even arab-majority towns kurds teach kurdish officials raqqa determine things way regardless say potential military threats assad neighbor turkey let turkey anyone else interfere internal affairs decide teach teach leila mostafa kurdish co-president raqqa civil council say hazima school teachers worry legacy leave islamic state assad future political upheaval one kid turn sing islamic state chant teacher ahmed saoud say teachers say racist baathist modules help fuel syria conflict anxious begin new curriculum urgent start teach next phase difficult reckon factions ahmed al-ahmed say without specify group refer reckon general syrian school erase assad tensions rise kurdish