art and culture

09:30

Yaza Jasêm is determined to pass the art of “Deq (Kurdish tattoos)” down to the next generation although she is 70 years old. She calls on young people to “preserve your culture and traditions.”

10:17

The Cannes Film Festival has announced the official line-up for the 76th Cannes Film Festival to be held from 16-27 May. The films directed by six women will compete this year.

09:27

Safînaz Evdikê, member of the Kezî Collective for Women Filmmakers, thinks the TV series called “Laylat al-Suqut (English: The Night of the Fall)”, a series depicting the fall of Mosul at the hands of ISIS, does not show the true face of ISIS.

10:47

Gazan artist Amira Hamdan performs shadow plays telling the stories of women and children to raise awareness.

08:29

Fatima Musleh makes baskets, bread bins, plates and other products by using date palm leaves in the Gaza Strip.

09:29

Awaz Kal is an eight-year-old boy playing wind instruments such as flute, zurna and mey, which are commonly used in Kurdish music. He wants to be a well-known flautist in the future.

11:23

The Arab Thought Foundation (ATF) has launched a special publication named “Fairuz, A Homeland”, composed of a collection of articles, studies and testimonies on various aspects of Lebanese singer Fairuz's exceptional artistic career.

12:39

On the 4th day of the Yekta Herekol Theater Festival, the play “Berf jî diêşe (English: Snow hurts too)” was performed by the Hîlala Zêrîn Sarya Baran Theater Group.

09:28

Giving information about the 2022-2023 Mazlum Bagok Journalism Prize, YRA Co-chair Malva Elî said that they have reserved a special committee for women journalists this year so that “Women’s efforts will not be hidden, ignored.”

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.