The 8th Women’s Literature and Art Festival ended on Thursday with an award ceremony. The Festival was held at the Mihemed Şêxo Culture and Art Center in Qamishlo with the slogan "We will bring the art of revolution with Jin, jiyan, azadi". The festival saw the participation of 100 women artists and writers, and was sponsored by the Cizre Region Culture and Art Committee.

On the second and last day of the festival, Fewziya El Mirhi and Fairuz Reşık recited poems in Arabic and Reşa Şemon in Syriac. Neriman Evdike also read her stories.

Award recipients:

Arabic short stories: Azad Hesen, Fatme Ehme and Xatun İbrahim.

Arabic poetry: Sema Isa, Eya Hemid and Zekiye Musa.

Arabic prose: Leyla Xalid.

Short story in Kurdish: Medya Berekat, Zilan Hemo, Hind Ebdullah.

Kurdish poetry: Aljin Hemo, Silava Ararat and Anahita Sîno.

Painting: Jinda Xoce, Yara Hisko and Yasmin Hesen