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• 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.
• People in Sulaymaniyah protest Turkish state's attack on International Airport  

  The people protested the Turkish state's attack on Sulaymaniyah International Airport and demanded that the commercial relations with Turkey be stopped and their goods be boycotted.
• Museum of Care organizes screening of 'The Lonely Tree' in support of earthquake victims 

  Museum of Care will organize the screening of The Lonely Trees by Şêro Hindê on 12 April.
• Abdullah Ocalan’s Sociology of Freedom will be presented in Milan  

  The Italian edition of Abdullah Ocalan’s Sociology of Freedom will be presented in Milan on 15 April.
• Martyr Yekta Herekol Theater Festival ends with awards ceremony 

  The Martyr Yekta Herekol Theater Festival ended with an awards ceremony.
• Tribute to great Kurdish director Yılmaz Güney on his birthday 

  Speaking at the event held on the 86th anniversary of Kurdish director Yılmaz Güney's birth, his wife Fatoş Güney said that the ban and censorship imposed on his films following his death is being maintained by the AKP government today.
• Martyr Yekta Herekol Theater Festival enters its 6th day 

  The 6th edition of the Martyr Yekta Herekol Theater Festival entered its 6th day.
• Teacher Çiftçi: Trustees are afraid of the Kurdish language 

  Kurdish teacher Hamdiye Çiftçi Öksüz said that the first thing trustees do as soon as they take office is to close kindergartens in which Kurdish is spoken. "This shows – she said - how afraid they are of the language."
• Martyr Yekta Herekol Theater Festival continues with play "Snow also suffers" 

  The 4th day of the Martyr Yekta Herekol Theater Festival continued with the play "Snow also suffers".
• Martyr Yekta Herekol Theater Festival continues 

  On the 3rd day of the Martyr Yekta Herekol Theater Festival, the play “Yê ku nayê”, about the need to connect with hope and life in order to overcome obstacles, was performed.
• Afrin Hilala Zêrin Movement publishes new song 

  Afrin Hilala Zêrin Movement published the video 'Jin im jiyan im (I am a woman, I am life)' about women's lives intertwined with nature.