ROJ HOZAN

Qamishlo – The Hilala Zêrin Movement makes great efforts to preserve the cultures of societies. Ruken Mihemed, a member of the movement, spoke to our news agency about the works of Hilala Zêrin in 2021 and their plans for 2022.

They opened offices in many cities

Ruken Mihemed talked about the progress made by Hîlala Zêrin in 2021 and its presence in the Arab regions and said:

“After holding our conference, we began to work in 2021 according to the decisions we made during the conference. We opened our headquarters in Qamishlo. Then, we opened offices in other cities such as Kobanî, Aleppo, and Shehba. We formed our diplomacy, archive, communication, and education committees to work in 2021. Our headquarters in Qamishlo became an art school and the center of our offices in all cities. In addition, the Kizwan Center was opened in Hesekê and its committees were formed. The members of the movement run their offices. But the headquarters is in Qamishlo.   

Offices in Arab regions

Stating that they also opened offices in Arab regions, Ruken Mihemed said, “We carried out our works in these regions under the name of ‘Hîlala El Zehebî’ in order to end the oppression on Arab women. Arab women who attended our training began to know themselves better and later joined cultural and artistic activities as members. We founded an autonomous center for Arab women in Til Hemis district of Qamishlo. We, as the Hîlala Zêrin Movement, provide training to all peoples for the equality of the peoples and the permanence of the democratic nation culture and art.”

They worked non-stop

Stating that the education committee carried out many works in 2021, Ruken Mihemed continued to talk as follows:

“We organized three training programs across NE Syria and dozens of women attended the programs. We organized training for Arab women in Til Hemis region. In addition, we organized special training for mothers. We continue to organize music, theater, and folklore courses. We also organize training programs for children. We hold Kurdish courses for children. The children should know their language and culture because language and culture have a relationship. This year, we organized a children’s festival. Sometimes, we provide free school supplies for children.”

Underling that they want to preserve the culture and identity of all nations in the region, Ruken Mihemed said, “We worked with Kongra Star for several projects. We performed theatre plays about women’s liberation on the streets. We performed theatre plays in all Arab regions to raise awareness about violence against women and femicide. We also organized the women's literature and art festival.”

They keep an archive

Indicating that they produced many works, Ruken Mihemed said that they have produced ‘Berçem’ program for Jin Tv. “We went to villages to keep an archive. Then, we used the information in our archive to produce the program called ‘Hebû Tunebû’. 50 episodes of this program have been already released. In the program, young people tell stories and tales. Every year, a festival is held on World Theatre Day. This year, we joined the festival. We organized many photograph exhibitions.”

We will keep working in 2022

Ruken Mihemed also talked about their plans for 2022 and said:

“During our conference, we determined our two-year plans. We worked hard to realize the plans and we will keep working in 2022. We will continue to carry out our cultural and art activities. We will give more place to mothers’ voices in our archive and we will go to villages. We aim to form folklore and dengbêj groups consisting of mothers. We will organize a women's festival named after Martyr Berçem in Northern and Eastern Syria.”