CULTURE

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• Concert in solidarity with Öcalan and all Kurdish political prisoners in Paris 

  Preparations are underway for a major solidarity concert in Paris in support of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and all Kurdish political prisoners in Turkey.
• Kurdish Culture and Art Festival starts in Stockholm 

  Stockholm will host the Kurdish Culture and Art Festival from 1 September.
• Preparatory committe calls for participation in European Kurdish Culture Festival in Frankfurt 

  Preparations have been completed for the European Kurdish Culture Festival to be held in Frankfurt on 21 September. The Preparatory Committee called for strong participation in the festival against isolation, genocidal and repressive policies.
• Art College opens in Northern and Eastern Syria 

  A college for art and culture is opening in Northern and Eastern Syria. Music, cinema and theater will be taught at the new institution.
• Groups in Aleppo learn dances from North Kurdistan against Turkey's cultural genocide 

  Members of cultural and artistic movements in Aleppo are learning the folk dances of North Kurdistan against the cultural genocide policies carried out by the Turkish state.
• September announced as 'Month of Kurdish Culture' in Bielefeld 

  September will be the 'Month of Kurdish Culture' in Bielefeld. The program includes a film festival, an exhibition with works by young artists from Maxmur camp and a music concert.
• Three people in Istanbul remanded in custody for singing Kurdish songs 

  Three people in Istanbul were remanded in custody on charges of "making propaganda for a terrorist organization" and "being a member of a terrorist organization" for singing Kurdish songs.
• 9th Children's Festival underway in Qamishlo 

  The 9th Children's Festival has begun in Rimêlan with the participation of 26 art groups from different cities in Northern and Eastern Syria.
• Painting exhibition to open in Raqqa  

  The Democratic Autonomous Administration Culture and Arts Board is preparing for the 9th Painting Exhibition to be held on 24 August.
• First issue of ‘El Oma El Dimoqratiye’ magazine published in Cairo 

  The first issue of ‘El Oma El Dimoqratiye’ magazine was published in Cairo, featuring many rich articles by researchers.
• Protest against occupation and betrayal at the Kurdish Culture and Peace Festival in Canada  

  The 22nd Kurdish Culture and Peace Festival was organised in Toronto, Canada. Occupation attacks and betrayal were also protested at the festival.
• 8th Kurdish Culture Festival in Brussels continues with enthusiasm  

  The 8th Kurdish Culture Week in Brussels continues with various cultural, artistic and educational events.
• Enrollment in Kurdish language courses increases 

  Enrollment in Kurdish language programs and the selection of Kurdish as an elective subject are both increasing. This is believed to be a response to the criminalization of the Kurdish language in Turkey.
• 8th Kurdish Culture Festival begins in Brussels  

  The 8th Kurdish Culture Festival in Brussels began with a cultural walk on 15 August.
• Kurdish physician, politician and author Tarık Ziya Ekinci died  

  The Kurdish physician, politician and author Tarık Ziya Ekinci died on Thursday at the age of 99 in Istanbul, the Bosporus metropolis' medical association announced.
• 7th Children's Culture and Art Festival underway in Kobanê 

  Baqî Xido Culture and Art Center and Hîlala Zêrîn Women's Culture and Art Movement organized the 7th Children's Culture and Art Festival.
• Kurds in Duisburg protest suppression of their culture and language 

  Kurds in Duisburg protested against the suppression of their culture and language in Turkey, with Kurdish dances in the street.
• Aram Tigran commemorated on the 15th anniversary of his death 

  Aram Tigran, who gave life to famous songs like Ey "Dilberê and Bilbilo", kept on singing his songs until his last breath. His lifework comprises 500 songs in Armenian, Kurdish, Syriac, Arabic, Turkish languages. He was literally a ceremony of languages.
• 'They want to destroy the values of the Kurdish people' 

  Doğan Şenses from ANKA-DER spoke out against the recent attacks on Kurdish culture and stated that Kurdish people should protect their own culture against the denialist system.
• Five people taken into custody in Osmaniye for dancing to Kurdish music 

  Repression against every Kurdish cultural expression continues. In Osmaniye, five people were arrested for dancing to Kurdish music.
• Özer: We won't accept any attack on our culture 

  DEM Party Amed Provincial co-chair Gülşen Özer said: "The government is afraid of our language and our halay. We will bring peace with our halay, our language and our words.”
• A song on the Shengal genocide 

  Hunermend Dilovan released a music video about the 74th genocide perpetrated by ISIS against Yazidis and the guerrilla resistance against these genocidal attacks.
• Koma Amara releases music clip “Hêviyam” in memory of Hêvî Gabar 

  The guerrilla group Koma Amara has released the music clip “Hêviyam” in memory of Hêvî Gabar who died in Berlin four years ago.
• TEV-ÇAND: Let us write, read and speak Kurdish 

  The Kurdish cultural movement TEV-ÇAND-Europe called for action against Turkey’s attacks on the Kurdish language and culture and said, "Let us write, read and speak Kurdish. Our language and culture are our honour. It is our reason for existence."
• KNK calls for protection of Kurdish language and culture against Turkey's racist attacks 

  The Kurdistan National Congress called for the protection of the Kurdish language and culture against the racist attacks of the Turkish state.