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• Ma Music Coordinator taken into custody  

  Ma Music Coordinator Şêrko Kanîwar was detained as part of the investigation launched by Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.
• Kurdistan Youth Festival kicks off in Freiburg 

  The Culture and Sports Festival organized by the Kurdish youth in Europe is taking place this year under the title “Kurdistan Youth Festival”.
• Music Beyond Borders, a short movie 

  A short film called "Muzika li Pişt Sînor-Music Beyond Borders", about the ban on Kurdish music, was released on YouTube.
• Kurdish elective courses to start throughout Switzerland 

  Author Fatma Şık, said that Kurdish will be taught as an elective course in schools in the Geneva canton and said that they will spread this practice throughout Switzerland.
• MED-DER calls on the Kurdish people to focus on their mother tongue 

  The Mesopotamia Language, Culture and Research Association said that “Education in the mother tongue should be the basic demand of the Kurds.”
• KCK celebrates Kurdish Language Day, calling for enhanced struggle for the right to mother tongue 

  On the occasion of the Kurdish Language Day on 15 May, the Education Committee of the KCK pointed out the importance of the mother tongue for the existence of a society and called for struggle against self-assimilation.
• KODAR celebrates Kurdish Language Day 

  The East Kurdistan Democratic and Free Society (KODAR) celebrated the Kurdish Language Day and said that preserving the Kurdish language was a moral, human and political duty.
• Kurdish Cultural Festival in Paris ends 

  On its final day, the festival hosted internationally renowned Kurdish singers and artists who performed a unique composition of Middle Eastern, folk and rock music.
• Hîlala Zêrin in Kobanê pays tribute Martyr Mizgîn  

  Hîlala Zêrin Cultural Movement in Kobanê commemorated Martyr Mizgîn (Gurbet Aydın) with an art exhibition they organized with the slogan "Art is renewed with the voice of Mizgîn".
• Dengbêj performance at Kurdish Cultural Festival in Paris 

  The Kurdish Cultural Festival in Paris continued with a Dengbêj performance and a special children's programme. Dengbêj singing is the most important part of traditional Kurdish musical culture.
• Kurdish Theatre Workshop kicks off in Basel 

  The Basel Med Cultural Centre is preparing to introduce a Kurdish theatre workshop.
• Second day of Paris Kurdish Cultural Festival  

  The 2nd Paris Kurdish Cultural Festival opened on Saturday. Paris Senator Rémi Féraud said: "The 10 Arrondissement is the home of the Kurds. It is an honor to host such an event in the municipality."
• Kurdish Cultural Festival in Paris kicks off today 

  The Second Kurdish Cultural Festival in Paris opens today, Saturday, with a folklore parade.
• Osman Sabri Literature Festival will be dedicated to Melayê Cizirî 

  This year's theme of the Osman Sabri Literature Festival, which will be held on 1 November, is "Melayê Cizirî".
• Second edition of Paris Kurdish Cultural Festival kicks off on 6 May 

  The second edition of the Paris Kurdish Cultural Festival will kick off on 6 May. The festival will end on 12 May.
• Street musicians protest ban on singing in Kurdish  

  Street musicians singing in Kurdish condemned the ban on Istiklal Street. The musicians said: "They are attacking us because we are Kurds and we sing our songs in Kurdish."
• Northern and Eastern Syria Literature Week kicks off in Kobanê  

  The Northern and Eastern Syria Literature Week started in Kobanê with a seminar on poet Melayê Cizîrî.
• '2+2=KRDSTN' exhibition opens in Lausanne 

  The '2+2=KRDSTN' exhibition opened in Lausanne.
• '2+2=KRDSTN' exhibition opens today in Lausanne 

  The exhibition '2+2=KRDSTN' opens today in Lausanne.
• 'Borders, Treaty of Lausanne, 1923-2023' exhibition opens in Lausanne 

  In a speech at the opening of the exhibition 'Borders, Treaty of Lausanne, 1923-2023', Mayor of Lausanne, Grégoire Junod, said that “The Treaty of Lausanne, which was called the peace treaty, unfortunately could not bring peace even after 100 years.”
• A video-diary of the 'We Want Our World Back' conference 

  A video was published by the Network for an Alternative Quest to summarize what happened at the 'We Want Our World Back' conference in Hamburg.
• Artists in Istanbul: Our friends must be released immediately 

  Artists held a press statement to protest the arrests of their colleagues on Tuesday.
• Cultural institutions in Rojava in solidarity with the artists in Turkish custody 

  Cultural institutions in Rojava expressed their support for the journalists and artists who are among the dozens detained in yesterday's political genocide operation in Turkey.
• Amed City Theater protests police political operations targeting artists 

  Amed City Theater artists protested the police political operations carried out in dozens of cities. The artists said: "You cannot silence the voice of our art."
• Many artists detained in political genocide operation 

  Artists are among the targets of today’s political genocide operation that was centered in Amed (Diyarbakır) and carried out in 21 cities.