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• TEV-ÇAND organizes cinema workshop in Northern and Eastern Syria  

  A cinema workshop organized by TEV-ÇAND in Northern and Eastern Syria will begin soon.
• Koma Cûdî releases new album dedicated to Öcalan 

  Writers, intellectuals and artists in Rojava, Europe, Rojhilat (East) and Başûrê (South) Kurdistan supported and made suggestions for the album 'Apo Newroz e'.
• Bêstûn releases a new song: “Newroz”  

  The Bêstûn Culture and Art Committee in East Kurdistan released a clip with the song “Newroz”.
• Painting exhibition in Girê Spi Refugees Camp pays tribute to student Mîrkan 

  Students in Girê Spi Refugees Camp organized a painting exhibition in memory of student Mîrkan and against the repression of refugees.
• Children in Raqqa train at Culture and Art Center  

  Raqqa Culture and Art Center has contributed to the cultural and artistic activities of the region by training more than 300 children in the field of culture and art in the last 5 years.
• The Cell Without a Night premiered in Donostia/San Sebastian 

  The play "The Cell Without a Night", which tells the story of the imprisonment of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, premiered in Donostia/San Sebastian, in the Basque country.
• Kurdish director Yılmaz Güney to be commemorated in Istanbul on the anniversary of his birth 

  Kurdish director Yılmaz Güney will be commemorated in Istanbul on his birthday.
• Artists Heriki and Ruha call on people to attend Newroz celebration in Berlin today 

  Kurdish artists Neşwan Heriki and Özgür Ruha will take the stage at the Newroz event today in Berlin. They called on people to "come and stand together with the earthquake victims".
• “Kuro Jahro”, a song of resistance in memory of the martyrs 

  Bêstûn Cultural Centre has released a clip with the song "Kuro Jahro" in memory of the martyrs of the guerrilla resistance against the Turkish occupation attacks on the guerrilla-held Medya Defence Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• Kurdish musician Ali Baran detained in Istanbul 

  The Kurdish musician Ali Baran has been detained upon entering Istanbul from Germany.
• Film pays tribute to the remarkable work of human rights lawyer Eren Keskin 

  Director Maria Binder made a film dedicated to prominent human rights lawyer and Human Rights Association president, Eren Keskin.
• Koma Martyr Avesta Xabûr Group dedicates new song to women fighters around the world 

  Koma Martyr Avesta Xabûr Group released its song Gul Bişkuvî on 8 March and dedicated it to women fighters around the world.
• University of Rojava announces that Prof. Alpa Shah will give 3rd Freedom Annual Lecture 

  The University of Rojava announced that Prof. Alpa Shah will give the 3rd Freedom Annual Lecture.
• Kurdish director Sadik Samerei taken into custody in Rojhilat 

  Kurdish director and writer Sadik Samerei was taken into custody following a raid on his home in Rojhilat.
• Book by imprisoned Kurdish poet Çomak to be launched in London 

  'Separated from the Sun', the first book in English by imprisoned Kurdish poet İlhan Sami Çomak, will be presented in London.
• Rojava and Bremen universities organize "Jin, Jiyan, Azadî" symposium  

  Student workshop and a symposium titled "Jin, Jiyan, Azadî and the revolution of the peoples".
• Italian comedian and actor Paolo Rossi calls on everyone to donate to Heyva Sor 

  Italian comedian and actor Paolo Rossi issued a video appeal to invite everyone to donate to Heyva Sor and show solidarity with the victims of the earthquake that hit Kurdistan, Turkey, Rojava and Syria.
• KCK Education Committee: Let's embrace our struggle for language and education 

  The KCK Education Committee said in a statement marking International Mother Language Day, that “Let's embrace our struggle for existence, identity, language and education in all social and legal terms.”
• Living multilingualism in Rojava 

  After the suppression of all identities beyond Arabic by the Ba'athist regime, the Rojava revolution built a system in which all languages are respected, taught and lived.
• KJK: Every Kurdish house should be turned into a Kurdish school 

  In a statement marking the International Mother Language Day, the KJK Education Committee said that Kurdish families should transform their houses into a school where Kurdish language and culture are developed.
• Kurdistan National Congress: Invading states endanger the Kurdish language 

  The Kurdistan National Congress said in a statement to mark 21 February, World Mother Language Day, that "the fascist systems of the occupying states endanger the Kurdish language and the languages of the Kurdistan components."
• Today is International Mother Language Day 

  Today is International Mother Language Day
• TEV-ÇAND women artists call to support Heyva Sor campaign for earthquake victims 

  TEV-ÇAND women members called for participation in the aid campaign launched by Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê for the people affected by the earthquake.
• Film about struggle for justice of Emine Şenyaşar to be shown at IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival 

  Young Amed film director Elif Yiğit, made a film about the struggle for justice of Emine Şenyaşar. The movie has been selected in competition by IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival.
• Iranian film-maker Panahi released on bail after hunger strike 

  Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi was released on bail after going on hunger strike.