art and culture

11:27

“We must preserve our culture in all circumstances,” said Sozdar Omar, displaced woman of Afrin living in Shahba,

09:32

The 2nd Martyr Berçem Festival will be held in Kobanê between September 6-9 by the Hîlala Zêrîn Cultural Movement.

10:41

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.”

12:45

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.

09:37

“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.

10:33

“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.

12:42

“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.

13:15

Portrait photographer Mehsa Sifori takes the photos of artists, especially female artists in Kermanshah and displays their photos in exhibitions to make them known.

09:08

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.”

15:08

Two journalists and one media worker were injured when a Turkish drone targeted their car near Shengal (Sinjar) on Monday.

14:07

A starfish fossil has been discovered in the ruins of a 1500-year-old church in archaeological excavations in Amed.

11:05

Despite difficult conditions of displacement, women writers of Afrin keep expressing their lives and their struggle in their books.

10:39

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.

09:15

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.

14:59

Rasmiye Al-Arslan and Sahar Abdel Rahman, two female painters in Raqqa, portray women to record their experiences.

12:39

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.

11:26

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.

11:42

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.

13:40

The 27th Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival kicked off at the Ankara Opera House with the award ceremony on May 9.

14:22

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)”.