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• SOAS Kurdish society presents online screening of Darên bi tenê 

  SOAS Kurdish Society and MARSM UK will present the online screening of Darên bi tenê (The Only Trees) by director Şêro Hindê.
• 'The struggle against cultural genocide should be promoted' 

  Stating that the Turkish state is a danger to the culture and language of the Kurdish people, artists from Qamishlo call for a united struggle against the attacks of the Turkish state.
• 4th edition of Osman Sebrî Literature Festival kicks off 

  This year, the festival will be limited to competitions in Kurdish, Arabic and Syriac poetry, story and writing due to the coronavirus epidemic.
• 55 Kurdish artists join the KCK campaign, sing for Öcalan 

  Kurdish artists living in Europe have joined the KCK campaign ‘Stop Isolation, Fascism and Occupation; Time for Freedom’ and sang songs for Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Awazê Çiya releases song for journalist Gurbetelli Ersöz 

  Awazê Çiya group combines revolutionary and social emotions in their its 'Gurbetelli', as in many of its songs.
• Öcalan's "Sociology of Freedom" presented in Berlin 

  As part of his reading tour through Northern and Eastern Germany, Reimar Heider presented the German translation of Abdullah Öcalan's "Sociology of Freedom" to an audience of 60 people in Berlin.
• Kaval: An art as old as Amed walls 

  The flute (kaval), known as the shepherd's instrument until today, is an art and culture as old as the Amed walls and the ten-eyed bridge.
• Occupation forces loot another archaeological site in Gire Spi 

  The Turkish occupation army and its mercenaries continue to loot important archaeological sites with the aim of obliterating the cultural and civilizational heritage of the peoples of the region.
• Amed City Theater fears for its future, as support not provided 

  After the usurpation of Amed Metropolitan Municipality by the AKP-MHP in 2016, the contracts of many artists within the City Theater affiliated to the municipality were terminated.
• Irish poet Carraher underlines role of Ocalan in achieving peace 

  Séamas Carraher is certainly one of the most interesting poet of the last two decades. 
• Kurdish culture conference in Heilbronn 

  A Kurdish cultural conference was held in Heilbronn, Germany, with the title "Cultural resistance against occupation and genocide".
• MKM artist detained in Istanbul 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide operations against the Kurdish people continues increasing.
• Kurdish soprano Pervin Chakar sings Musa Anter 

  Kurdish soprano Pervin Chakar sang the poem “Qimil” by Musa Anter, on the 100th year of his birth. The intellectual was murdered by the Turkish counter-guerrilla in 1992. His biography represents the history of the Kurdish people.
• Stêra Zêrîn releases new clip about the resistance in Heftanîn 

  Rojava music group Stêra Zêrin released a new clip called "Heftanîn, mizgîniya min" (Heftanîn, my good news).
• New work by Rojava Film Commune: "Berbû" 

  The new film "Berbû" of the Rojava Film Commune was shot in Dêrik and deals with the changes in the lives of women after the occupation of Serêkaniyê by Turkey.
• Lêlun International Film Festival continues in Shehba 

  Third day of Lêlun International Film Festival in the Serdem and Berxwedan camps.
• Cultural event for children in Washokani Camp 

  "On the anniversary of the invasion of Serêkaniyê and Girê Spî [October], we will focus on organizing the refugees also through the opening of cultural centers in the camps in Hesekê," said Hesekê Culture and Arts Committee Co-chair.
• Lêlûn International Film Festival opens tonight in Shehba 

  The Avrîn Film Commune has worked non stop to get all prepared for the launch of the Lêlûn International Film Festival today.
• Kurdish Cultural Festival in the Hague 

  A political-cultural festival was held in the Hague. The main topic was the resistance in Kurdistan against Turkish occupation.
• The art of working with copper 

  The coppersmith profession, one of the professions left over by the Armenians in the neighbourhood of Sur in Amed, is faced with extinction.
• Pervin Buldan: The wall must fall 

  “Our friends in prison are always with us. Your hearts and your pens are with us at all times," said Pervin Buldan of the HDP.
• 12th International Hrant Dink awards granted to Kavala and Hassan 

  This year’s awards were granted to human rights defender Osman Kavala from Turkey and women’s rights advocate Mozn Hassan from Egypt.
• An exhibition brings together prisoners and photographers 

  The exhibition called “Voice of Freedom” will be open to visitors until 20 September.
• Trustee removes Kurdish signboards in Çaldıran, Van 

  The trustee of the former HDP-led Van Metropolitan Municipality had the Turkish-Kurdish signboards in the rural neighborhoods replaced with the Turkish versions.
• TEV-ÇAND pays tribute to martyr Mazdek Ararat 

  TEV-ÇAND Culture and Arts Committee issued a written statement to pay tribute to Mazdek Ararat, on his first martyrdom anniversary.