art and culture
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‘We must preserve our culture in all circumstances’
“We must preserve our culture in all circumstances,” said Sozdar Omar, displaced woman of Afrin living in Shahba,
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Martyr Berçem Festival to kick off in Kobanê
The 2nd Martyr Berçem Festival will be held in Kobanê between September 6-9 by the Hîlala Zêrîn Cultural Movement.
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Traces of women's struggle in Kurdish literature
Sexism in literature can negatively affect women in many ways, Ayfer Yıldıztan said, “There are many writers who portray women as bad in their books.”
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Sûzan Eba preserves Kurdish culture through art
Sûzan Ebas, an art teacher in Tirbespiyê (Al-Qahtaniyah), held an exhibition displaying her paintings depicting the culture and resistance of the Kurdish people. She aims to start a project to help children with autism through art.
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Young woman in Qamishlo preserves Kurdish culture by singing Kurdish songs
“The revolution in Rojava creates important opportunities for women,” said Nisrîn Dawûd, a young woman living in the city of Qamishlo who plays saz (a plucked instrument) and sings Kurdish songs to preserve Kurdish culture.
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‘We respond to the attacks by preserving our culture’
“The Turkish state has recently intensified its attacks on our culture. We respond to the attacks by preserving our culture,” said the members of the Stêra Zêrin Culture and Art Center in Makhmour.
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‘Fîsik’: TV series by Avrîn Cinema Community addresses social issues
“Fîsik”, a 10-episode TV series by Avrîn Cinema Community based in the Afrin-Shahba canton, addresses social issues and oppression faced by the Kurdish people.
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Mehsa Sifori takes photos of artists in Kermanshah
Portrait photographer Mehsa Sifori takes the photos of artists, especially female artists in Kermanshah and displays their photos in exhibitions to make them known.
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Munzur Culture and Nature Festival to kick off in Dersim
The Munzur Culture and Nature Festival will kick off in Dersim on July 25, 2024. DBP Dersim Co-chair Selvi Güngörmüş calls on all people to join the festival “to embrace this resistance and have a say in the festival.”
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2 journalists and media worker injured in Turkish drone attack in Shengal
Two journalists and one media worker were injured when a Turkish drone targeted their car near Shengal (Sinjar) on Monday.
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Starfish fossil discovered in Amed
A starfish fossil has been discovered in the ruins of a 1500-year-old church in archaeological excavations in Amed.
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Women writers of Afrin keep writing despite forced displacement
Despite difficult conditions of displacement, women writers of Afrin keep expressing their lives and their struggle in their books.
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Culture and Art Center in Manbij supports young people to discover their talents
The Culture and Art Center in Manbij Canton supports young people by providing painting, theatre, music and dance courses so that they have a space to discover their talents.
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KASED's courses to start: We can organize more activities together
The Women's Association for Culture, Art and Literature (KASED) gets ready to provide new courses to women and children next week. “We can organize more activities together with women,” said Saliha Ayata.
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Female painters in Raqqa portray women to record their experiences
Rasmiye Al-Arslan and Sahar Abdel Rahman, two female painters in Raqqa, portray women to record their experiences.
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Koma Amara releases new music video ‘APO Roje’
Koma Amara, a Kurdish musical group, has released a new music video, “Apo Roje” in three languages as part of the “Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question” campaign.
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‘My aim is to write a book based on true stories’
Fatîma Xelîl, a student at the Rojava University, has been writing Kurdish stories and poems for five years and her aim is to write a book based on true stories.
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Poet Fatima Maizi tells women’s resistance in her zejel poems
Poet Fatima Maizi writes and reads zejel poems, known as an old Arabic poetic form, about women’s resistance in the Moroccan Nationalist Movement against French colonialism.
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Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival kicks off in Ankara
The 27th Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival kicked off at the Ankara Opera House with the award ceremony on May 9.
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Hunergeha Welat releases new music video
Hunergeha Welat, a community of art and culture based in North and East Syria, has released a new music video called “Em Herin Gund (Kurdish: Let’s go to the village)”.