art and culture

13:25

Women have exhibited their handicrafts at the Winter Festival organized in Sulaymaniyah.

13:20

60 paintings of 14 women artists have been displayed at an exhibition held in Kobanê.

13:45

The Cannes Film Festival has condemned the arrest of Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti and demanded her immediate release.

10:50

Starting her musical journey with the support of her mother, young musician Rehef Zilfo dreams of starting an all-women orchestra.

07:40

Reşa Elo, head of the Hîlala Zêrîn Movement in Til Temir, stated that they founded Ş. Sosin Goven group despite the ongoing Turkish attacks on the region.

14:30

Women displayed their paintings at the exhibition held in Sulaymaniyah as part of the 16-day activism against gender-based violence.

14:14

Women have shown a great interest in the 4th International Book Fair being held in Sulaymaniyah, a city of the Kurdistan Region.

08:30

Gazan artist Dalia Abdulrahman gives a message about the social restrictions imposed on women’s right to freedom of opinion and expression through her paintings.

10:58

Kobanê, a film telling the fight of the YPJ/YPG against ISIS, was screened at the Mihemed Şêxo Culture and Art Center in Qamishlo yesterday.

12:00

“Letters from Sinjar”, a film directed by Dersîm Zêrevan, was screened in Qamishlo.

09:00

The cartoons exhibited as part of the Women’s Cartooning Days held in Casablanca draw attention to the gender stereotypes in Moroccan society and call for achieving gender equality.

11:38

An event called, “Arab Book Salon” has been organized in Algeria with the participation of 81 publishing houses from seven countries.

13:47

The 8th Pomegranate Festival has kicked off in Halabja.

10:01

The Hîlala Zêrîn Cultural Movement in Afrin Region has released a song named, “Jîna” to draw attention to the women’s struggle in Rojhelat Kurdistan.

14:12

The 8th Martyr Bêrîtan Culture and Art Festival, held in the Mahkmur refugee camp continues with painting exhibitions, the presentation of cultural products and local Kurdish dishes.

11:14

The 2nd Arîn Bisk and Zilfên Aştiyê Theater Festival ended yesterday after the “Biborin Mem û Zîn” theater play was performed. After the play, all theater players, directors and people participating in the festival visited the cemetery with Arin Mirkan's

14:35

The 2nd Arîn Bisk and Zilfên Aştiyê Theater Festival continues with the performances of theater groups. Last evening, the “Kontîner” theater play was performed at the festival by the members of the Culture and Art Center in Aleppo.

12:00

“Hêza”, a documentary film directed and produced by Derya Deniz, wins two more awards from two international film festivals.

15:24

Painter Naz Elî Ewal has held a two-week exhibition entitled, “Şahmeran li baxê Sewan” in Sulaymaniyah. Her paintings draw attention to beauties of Kurdistan's forests and the attacks on them.

12:10

The International Day of the Girl Child was celebrated in Shengal with the motto, “Today’s Girls are Tomorrow’s Pioneers”.