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• Women's group performs on second day of Martyr Yekta Herekol Theatre festival 

  Hilala Zêrin Women's Theater Group was the star of the second day of the Martyr Yekta Herekol Theater Festival, with its play "Çentê Weso".
• Reading group dedicated to Democratic Confederalism 

  The Emergency Committee for Rojava will dedicate the reading group of the month of April to Democratic Confederalism as a system of governance.
• Solidarity night for CanTV on 2 April in Cologne 

  FEDA is organizing a solidarity night for CanTV on 2 April in Cologne. The event will see the participation of many artists.
• 6th Martyr Yekta Herekol Festival opens in Qamishlo  

  The 6th Martyr Yekta Herekol Festival, opened in Qamishlo with the theater play “Taş”.
• Martyr Yekta Herekol Theater Festival kicks off today in Qamishlo 

  The Martyr Yekta Herekol Theater Festival could not be held for several years due to the threats and attacks carried out by the invading Turkish state against Northern and Eastern Syria, as well as the Corona virus pandemic.
• 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.
• New cooperation agreement signed between Rojava and Emden/Leer universities 

  The visit of the Jineolojî lecturer Dejla Haidar in East Friesland came to an end with the signing of the renewed cooperation agreement between the University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer and the Rojava University in Qamishlo, as well as a symposium.
• 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.