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• Prison sentence for sharing Kurdish music on social media 

  Yusuf Güneş was sentenced to 1 year, 6 months and 22 days in prison for sharing Kurdish songs on social media.
• 7th Children's Festival underway in Qamishlo  

  The 7th Children's Festival opened in Qamishlo on Saturday with the slogan "Preserving the culture of society starts from childhood".
• Screenings of Blackberry Season begin in Switzerland 

  The film Dema Dirîreşkan (Blackberry Season) by Haşim Aydemir and produced by Rojava Film Commune, was screened in Basel.
• YouTube removes song about guerrillas by Berbanga Rojava band 

  YouTube has removed the song Lehengên Sedsala, which was released by Berbanga Rojava, and was about freedom guerrillas.
• Rojava Film Commune pays tribute to Silava Remedan, its youngest actress 

  The Rojava Film Commune issued a statement about the death of young Silava Remedan, who was an actress of the Commune, and had starred in the movie Stories of Destroyed cities by Shero Hindi.
• Kurds participate in People's Voice Festival in Vienna 

  Kurds participated in the People's Voice Festival, which has been traditionally held every year for more than half a century in Vienna.
• Blackberry Season by Haşim Aydemir will be screened in Qamishlo on Tuesday 

  Blackberry Season, by Haşim Aydemir, will be screened at the Mihemed Şêxo Culture and Art Center in Qamishlo on Tuesday 6 September.
• DEM-NED calls on everyone to attend 30th International Kurdish Culture Festival in the Netherlands 

  DEM-NED called on everyone to participate in the 30th International Kurdish Culture Festival, which will be held in Landgraaf, the Netherlands on 17 September.
• Ceyhan Municipality bans Ilkay Akkaya concert 

  Ilkay Akkaya concert organized by Ceyhan Municipality was banned by the district governor's office.
• HDP pays tribute to writer Vedat Türkali on the 6th anniversary of his death 

  HDP Language, Culture and Arts Commission spokesperson Ömer Öcalan commemorated Vedat Türkali, "a man of literature and a person of peace", on the 6th anniversary of his death.
• Neighbours by Mano Khalil will open London Kurdish Film Festival 

  The film Neighbours by Mano Khalil will open the London Kurdish Film Festival.
• Workshop opens in Dêrik to form young people in fields of cinema and theater  

  A workshop opened in Dêrik with the aim of laying the groundwork for cinema and theater studies. The workshop aims to create qualified actors, scriptwriters and cinematographers within TEV-ÇAND.
• Solidarity with directors in prison around the world at 79th Venice International Film Festival 

  The Venice Biennale announced two solidarity initiatives for directors, filmmakers, artists arrested or imprisoned around the world in the last year at the 79th Venice International Film Festival.
• HDP: The AKP is ransacking the art and cultural landscape 

  In Turkey, concerts and festivals have been banned for months - with reference to the "will of the people" or internal security. The HDP sees the procedure as a hegemonically motivated gesture of oppression of the cultural landscape.
• London Kurdish Film Festival launches official trailer for this year’s edition 

  The London Kurdish Film Festival has presented the official trailer for this year’s edition. The festival will be running between 23-30 September 2022 at Vue Woodgreen, Rio Dalston and Prince Charles.
• Pop singer Gülşen jailed 

  Pop singer Gülşen was detained on Thursday for "inciting the people into hatred and animosity" because of her remarks about Muslim vocational schools. The singer had been the target of a smear campaign by the AKP.
• Diyarbakır-Mesopotamia Book Fair will be held between 16 and 25 September 

  Diyarbakır-Mesopotamia Book Fair will be held between 16 and 25 September.
• 'Gava Şitil Mezin Dibin' premieres today in Kobanê 

  The movie 'Gava Şitil Mezin Dibin' premieres today. The film strives to reflect the sacrifice, effort, sharing and love that are the product of the Rojava Revolution in the simplicity of everyday life.
• Mersin Governorship bans concert organised by Human Rights Association on World Peace Day 

  Mersin Governorship has banned the concert the Human Rights Association was organising to mark 1 September World Peace Day.
• Azad Bedran: Artists' reaction against bans remains weak 

  Kurdish artist Azad Bedran said that artists’ reaction to the attacks and bans against Kurdish music and musicians remained weak and that taking a step back was not the solution.
• Kobanê film official poster released 

  The official poster for the film Kobanê by Ozlem Yaşar was released this week.
• Kurdish Culture Festival held in Toronto 

  The 18th Kurdish Peace and Culture Festival in Toronto, Canada was attended by numerous people with great enthusiasm.
• Aryen Kom presents “Konserên Tamarayê” music project 

  Aryen Kom carries out cultural and artistic activities in Van and are now shooting clips that combine the historical and cultural texture of the city with music with the project 'Konserên Tamarayê'.
• Director of documentary Hêza dedicates new award to journalist Deniz Fırat 

  Portugal awarded the documentary Hêza, directed by Derya Deniz. Deniz dedicated the “Don Quixote Award” to journalist Deniz Fırat on the eighth anniversary of her death.
• One of the last master shoemakers in Amed 

  Shoemaking was a traditional craft of Armenian masters in Amed. In the capitalist throwaway society, the profession is dying out. Kasım Oğuç is one of the last shoemakers in the Kurdish metropolis.