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• Orchid Group: Murals to develop street art on the walls of Rojava 

  The Orchid Group aims to develop street art with the murals on the walls of Rojava. Members of the group have accelerated their efforts to color the streets.
• Dilan Güvenç: We face a constant anti-Kurdish assimilation policy 

  Dilan Güvenç from the board of the MED-DER language association in Amed spoke of a continued anti-Kurdish assimilation policy. She said that Kurdish institutions will continue to struggle until Kurdish culture and language are given status.
• Third edition of Purple Meridians takes place in Durango 

  The third edition of the Purple Meridians 2023 will this year take place in Durango.
• Kurdish art exhibition opens in Moscow 

  In order to introduce Kurdish folk culture to the people living in Russia, an exhibition that will last 14 days was opened in Moscow.
• New issue of internationalist magazine Lêgerîn  

  The new issue of the internationalist magazine Lêgerîn has been publishe
• Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi arrested again  

  Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi was arrested again around a week and a half after his release. The 32-year-old is accused of spreading false information in connection with allegations of torture.
• Laura Schrader's book "Berxwedan" meets readers 

  The book "Berxwedan" (Resistance in Kurdish) by Italian journalist and writer Laura Schrader, which examines the Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan's peace and resistance adventure for the last 20 years, has been published.
• TEV-ÇAND Europe releases video of the song "Ez Ne Yek im" 

  TEV-ÇAND Europe released a video of the song "Ez Ne Yek im", composed by artist Hekim Sefkan for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Shooting of 'Heval Kekê Min' started 

  The shooting of the movie 'Heval Kekê Min', directed by Haşim Aydemir, has started. The script of the film, produced by the Rojava Film Commune, was penned by Rêber Habeş.
• Video clip in memory of the guerrillas martyred at Girê Hekarî 

  Gerîla TV published a video clip in memory of the three guerrillas who fell in the Girê Hekarî Revolutionary Operation in Metîna on 26 November 2022.
• Appeal for the Global Öcalan Books Day 

  “Start reading a book from Öcalan to find methods to solve our common problems and create a future of freedom,” say the organisers.
• 14th Hamburg Kurdish Film Festival to kick off on 22 November 

  The 14th Kurdish Film Festival will be held in Hamburg between 22-26 November.
• "Rojava, Syria's Ticking Time Bomb" documentary premieres worldwide in 11 languages 

  The highly anticipated documentary film, "Rojava, Syria's Ticking Time Bomb," can be accessed in English, German, Spanish, Hindi, Arabic, Pashto, Persian, Portuguese, Finnish, Kurdish and Turkish.
• Cards sent to writers and journalists behind bars in Turkey 

  The Kurdish Literature Association and the Kurdish PEN in Amed sent greeting cards to colleagues in Turkish prisons to mark Writers in Prison Day.
• Tearing Walls Down screening in Barcelona 

  Kurdish film director Şerif Ciçek to present Tearing Walls Down in Barcelona.
• Kurdish filmmaker Reber Dosky detained in Turkey for three days and deported 

  An acclaimed film director, Rêber Dosky, was detained in Turkey for three days before being deported from the country, according to media reports.
• Kobanê Literature Festival continues  

  On the second day of the Kobanê Literature Festival, dedicated to poet Feqîr Ehmed, short stories were read and a panel was held on the importance of the Kurdish language.
• Berbû by Sevinaz Evdike wins Travessias award at Olhares do Mediterrâneo – Women’s Film Festival 

  Berbû, a film about how the war in Serekaniye and the invasion of Turkey affected the lives of three young women, won the Travessias award at Olhares do Mediterrâneo – Women’s Film Festival.
• Kiosk bookstores in 7 cities and provinces of Rojava provide quicker access to books 

  Kiosk bookstores were established in 7 cities and provinces of Rojava to provide quicker access to books, magazines and newspapers, as well as to spread the reading culture.
• A song by a fallen guerrilla 

  Gerîla TV published a song sung by guerrilla Sema Marînos, who died in Hakkari in 2018.
• Dengbej Feyzoyê Rizo passes away in Krasnodar 

  Diagnosed with stomach cancer two years ago, Yazidi musician Feyzoyê Rizo has died of cancer in southern Russia.
• Conference: The Art of Freedom - Strategies for organising & collective resistance 

  The Academy of Democratic Modernity (ADM) is organising a conference in Basel to discuss the paths out and perspectives on solutions in the face of the growing crisis of capitalist modernity and its multiple manifestations.
• Music Group Koma Hevra enters its fifth year of activity 

  HEDEP Youth Assembly Music Group Koma Hevra entered its fifth year of activity.
• Pargîn releases new song 

  Pargîn cultural centre released a new song called Mendel.
• Culture and Art Campaign for the Freedom of Abdullah Öcalan initiative in Cologne 

  "We are launching a Culture and Art Campaign for the Freedom of Abdullah Öcalan," said TEV-ÇAND and Kevana Zêrîn adding that they will hold a big event at the Cologne Dom Cathedral.