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• Armenian language and culture flourish in Rojava 

  With the support of the Autonomous Administration, Armenian culture is flourishing in northern and eastern Syria. Contrary to years of assimilation policy, the Armenian language is now being taught again.
• Police take 24 people into custody at Evvel July Festival 

  Police took 24 people into custody, citing as an excuse the posters of Ibrahim Kaypakkaya displayed at the stands opened at the traditional Evvel July Festival.
• Legerin Magazine publishes special issue to mark 10th anniversary of Rojava Revolution 

  Legerin Magazine published a special issue in various languages to mark the 10th anniversary of the Rojava Revolution.
• Martyr Serdeşt band releases video clip on 'Zap Resistance'  

  The Martyr Serdeşt music band released a new video clip about the resistance of the guerrillas against the Turkish occupation forces in Zap, Avaşin and Metina.
• Çay at the Women's Front presents new 4th episode of their podcast 

  Guns, Love and Revolution is the name of the 4th episode of the podcast published by Çay at the Women's Front.
• Venice Golden Lion winner Jafar Panahi third Iranian filmmaker to be arrested 

  Venice Golden Lion winner Jafar Panahi has become the third leading Iranian filmmaker to be arrested in recent days.
• Azeri dance teacher Jilla Ibrahimi taken into custody in Iran  

  Dance teacher Jilla Ibrahimi has been taken into custody in Iran on charges of "spreading propaganda on social networks".
• Janeth Biehl publishes graphic novel on Rojava 

  Janet Biehl published 'Our blood got mixed', a graphic novel telling the revolutionary experience in the North-East of Syria.
• New Kurdish-Turkish dictionary published 

  The Kurdish-Turkish dictionary, prepared by the Kurdish Studies Association, is out with a new edition containing an extra 44,000 new words.
• Verdict expected in trial of Kurdish PEN member, writer and poet Meral Şimşek 

  The verdict in the trial of Kurdish PEN member, writer and poet Meral Şimşek is expected on 18 July.
• Aydemir: First 2 years very important for learning mother tongue 

  Academic Furkan Aydemir said that the first 2 years are very critical for babies to learn their mother tongue, and if they do not learn it in the first 2 years, it will be much more difficult for them to learn their own language later on.
• Çay at the Women's Front publishes podcast on Jineolojî 

  Jineolojî changes the way we see women and our struggle but also the way we perceive knowledge, said Çay at the Women's Front in their new podcast.
• Jînda Asmen speaks about her documentary about journalist Nûjiyan Erhan 

  Jînda Asmen was a friend of journalist Nûjiyan Erhan. She said: "It was my responsibility to make this documentary as a continuation of our friendship."
• Brazil International Film Festival awards documentary Heza  

  The documentary Heza got its 5th award, collecting a prize at the Brazil International Film Festival.
• Culture Week kicks off in Dirbesiye 

  The Culture Week, promoted by Hîlala Zêrîn Dirbesiye Culture and Art Center Coordination and the Cizîre Region, kicked off in Dirbesiye.
• 20,000 flags for Rojava at Fusion Festival 

  After a two-year break, the Fusion Festival in Lärz, Mecklenburg, has been running again since Thursday. At a concert by Mal Élevé, 20,000 flags of the YPG and YPJ were waved on the occasion of the upcoming anniversary of the Rojava revolution.
• MKM condemns arrests in Adana targeting Kurdish culture and artists  

  Reacting to the detentions carried out in many provinces on Monday, the MKM said the reason for these arrests is the hostility towards Kurdish culture and art and added: "As Kurdish art workers, we say you cannot stop us."
• MKM artists protest bans on Kurdish music and language  

  MKM artists organised an event for World Music Day, and took the opportunity to protest all prohibition with a Kurdish music concert.
• Kurdish artists in Europe call for participation to march to be held in Düsseldorf on Saturday 

  Kurdish artists in Europe called for participation to the march to be held in Düsseldorf on Saturday 25 June.
• Trustee of Batman has Cegerxwîn bust torn down 

  The trustee of Batman had a bust of the Kurdish poet and writer Cegerxwîn demolished. The HDP protests against the targeted elimination of Kurdish art, culture, history and language by the "one-man regime".
• Kurdish language course to be introduced at Goethe University Frankfurt 

  A regular Kurdish course will be introduced at Goethe University Frankfurt in the coming autumn/winter semester. The course was initiated by the Kurdish student associations YXK/JXK.
• First book exhibition in Raqqa since the defeat of ISIS  

  29 publishing houses have participated in the exhibition, which includes roughly 20 thousand books and 5000 titles that have been written in different languages of the people of North-East Syria.
• Raqqa's Culture and Antiquities Council launches first book fair in the city  

  Raqqa's Culture and Antiquities Council launched the first book fair in the city under the slogan 'Reading is Life'.
• Ilkay Akkaya takes the stage with Colour Women's Choir in London 

  The Colour Women's Choir, formed by women from Kurdistan and Turkey in London, performed together with artist Ilkay Akkaya.
• Greeting from Women Defend Rojava at Zilan Women’s Festival 

  In a greeting to the Zilan Women's Festival in Frankfurt, the Women Defend Rojava campaign describes the Kurdish women's movement as a role model for worldwide women's struggles that has lit a fire of resistance.