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• The resistance of the women in Shengal becomes a theatre play 

  The resistance of the women against the ISIS massacre in Shengal became a theatre play.
• Is it a problem for a play being performed in Kurdish? 

  Theater director Ayşe Emel Mesci questions the ban of a play by Nobel Prize Winner Dario Fo in Kurdish.
• Nathan Felix presents chamber opera inspired by Öcalan 

  A new chamber opera inspired by Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan has been composed by Nathan Felix.
• First Amara Culture, Art and Sports Festival starts tomorrow 

  All ready for the 1st Amara Culture, Art and Sports Festival to kick off in Shehba tomorrow.
• Culture and Sports Festival held in Kobanê 

  The First Culture and Sports Festival in the Euphrates region was inaugurated by the Syrian Revolutionary Youth Movement. The festival is named after Martyr Bawer Agir.
• HDP: Kurdish language and theater cannot be banned 

  HDP reacted to the ban by Gaziosmanpaşa District Governorship in Istanbul to ban a play in Kurdish saying it might "disturb public security".
• Rojava Film Commune releases song celebrating Heftanîn resistance 

  The Rojava Film Comune has released a new song and videoclip to celebrate the resistance in Heftanîn. 
• 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.