The Kurdish Women's Library, Archive and Research Center, was a project pursued by the late journalist-academic Nagihan Akarsel. It opened on Saturday in Sulaymaniyah.
Journalist and academic Nagihan Akarsel was assassinated on 4 October 2022 in Sulaymaniyah. She was renowned for her tireless dedication to feminist scholarship and women’s journalism. She was a member of the Jineoloji Research Center and Jineology Magazine Editor.
The project Akarsel was working on, the Kurdish Women's Library, Archive and Research Center, was opened in Sulaymaniyah on Saturday.
Nearly 300 people from Başûr, Bakur, Rojava, Rojhilat, Shengal, Germany, and Spain participated in the special event with the slogan "Writing the history of women in the language of women".
The event started with a minute's silence in memory of the women who lost their lives in the struggle for freedom and democracy.
Gulan Bahtiyar, member of the Board of the Kurdish Women's Library, Archive and Research Center, addressed the crowd. Bahtiyar said: "We know that we are under a heavy responsibility, but we are aware that resistance is a duty under all circumstances. It is both a moral and conscientious duty. We will try to fulfill this duty for democracy to win. This center is of great importance."
