art and culture

11:48

Gazan women face many barriers when they want to be engaged in the art due to the customs and traditions that society imposes on them.

12:28

The Literature Committee of North and East Syria will hold reading workshops in March as part of its activities to honor the International Women’s Day. At the workshops, books by women writers will be read.

09:09

“The most beautiful feeling is to be able to draw your dreams,” said Kurdish painter Solîn Osê, who started drawing when she was a child. She told us that she was able to draw her dreams thanks to the women’s revolution in Rojava.

08:51

Saliha Keleş, a citizen of Qamishlo, has been trying to preserve the Kurdish historical and cultural heritage with her spouse by collecting historical items for 20 years.

09:40

“The revolution in Rojava paves the way for free art,” said Hojîn Hêzin, a TV presenter, Kurdish teacher and singer in North and East Syria.

16:31

Seven women artists held an art exhibition in Sulaymaniyah’s Ranya town with the motto, “Women lead the struggle for freedom.”

14:22

There is a great interest in the handicraft festival being held in Saidsadiq district of Sulaymaniyah. Women displaying their products at the festival aim to promote their products.

10:13

“Language is the culture, history and identity of a nation,”Qamishlo Kurdish Language Institution member Delal Heşmî said, calling on the Kurdish people to preserve their language.

12:37

Architectural engineer Raya Abu Musa has launched a project to revive Palestinian heritage through mosaics.

11:07

Palestinian architect Walaa Shublaq draws old buildings in the Gaza Strip to document them. She thinks the old buildings must be turned into spaces where women can come together, instead of closing them.

10:19

Iranian actress Hanieh Tavassoli has announced on her Instagram that she will boycott Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival.

11:34

Members of the Culture and Art Center in North and East Syria’s Shahba Canton pass their culture down to the next generations with their songs.

12:00

Rojbîn Utun is a young poet living in the Makhmur refugee camp. Interested in art for years, she calls on all women living in the camp to be involved in art.

14:44

Giving information about historic Hamam al-Sammara in the Gaza Strip, history researcher Nora Deeb says the hamam is an important place for people seeking alternative medicine for their diseases.

11:28

Ghalia Salah, a Palestinian woman, has created interactive books for children in order to develop children’s vocabulary, motor skills, and decision-making abilities while keeping them entertained.

10:57

Condemning the massacre that took place at the Ahmet Kaya Kurdish Cultural Center in Paris, the members and executives of the Afrin Region Hîlala Zêrîn Cultural Movement stated that they would preserve their culture against assimilation.

15:15

Zar Amir Ebrahimi will head the jury of the Nordic Competition at the 46th Gothenburg Film Festival that will take place from January 27 to February 5, 2023.

10:20

Wehîde Mihemed is an illiterate woman but she has made many poems to express her feelings. In her poems, she tells stories and resistance of women pioneers in Kurdistan.

11:52

Painter Şîlan Ico is one of the displaced people of Afrin who live in Shahba. She reflects the suffering and resistance of the people of Afrin in her paintings.

07:30

Jineology Academy has prepared a booklet about the slogan and philosophy of “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi”. The booklet has been translated into Persian.