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• 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.
• Hunergeha Welat releases new clip 

  Hunergeha Welat released a new song and clip.
• New workshop to train filmmakers in Northern and Eastern Syria  

  The efforts to create revolutionary cinema and to train filmmakers in Northern and Eastern Syria continue.
• Kurds attend “Tour de Lorraine Festival” in Bern 

  The “Tour de Lorraine Festival”, organized in Switzerland as an alternative to the World Economic Forum, kicked off in Bern. Kurdish activists also took part in the festival.
• Çarşema Sor celebrated in Amude 

  Çarşema Sor celebrations in the Cizre Region kicked off with the participation of hundreds of Yazidis, Arabs and Syriacs.
• Culture and Sports Festival will take place in Freiburg on 20 May 

  The Culture and Sports Festival, organized by Kurdish youth in Europe, will take place this year in Freiburg.
• Art event at Whitney Museum in New York with Iranian-Kurdish artist Allahyari 

  An art event will take place at the Whitney Museum NYC with Iranian-Kurdish artist Morehshin Allahyari.
• TEV-DEM celebrates Yazidi New Year, Çarşema Sor 

  The Democratic Society Movement (TEV-DEM) celebrated the Yazidi New Year, Çarşema Sor.
• Autonomous Administration Culture Committee publishes plans for 2023 

  The Northern and Eastern Syria Autonomous Administration Culture Committee will organize a number of poetry and story festivals, art symposiums and exhibitions in the next year.
• University of Rojava 3rd Freedom Annual Lecture with Prof. Alpa Shah 

  University of Rojava 3rd Freedom Annual Lecture with Prof. Alpa Shah
• New documentary: “Rojava, the Kurds, Turkey & ISIS” 

  The documentary “Rojava, the Kurds, Turkey & ISIS” which reveals the Turkish state's complicity with ISIS and the ongoing ISIS threat will be broadcast by German TV channel WDR.