CULTURE

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• Second Osman Sabri Culture and Art Festival kicked off 

  Sponsored by Mihemed Şêxo Culture and Art Center in Qamishlo, the Second Osman Sabri Culture and Art Festival kicked off on Thursday.
• Cultural and Art Centre opened in Zirgan 

  The Zirgan Culture and Art Center was inaugurated with a ceremony organized by Jazira Region Culture and Art Committee.
• Mem û Zîn: An epic of love 

  People flock to the grave of the two lovers from the XV century.
• Sulaymaniyah International Film Festival kicks off today 

  The third edition of the Sulaymaniyah International Film Festival is kicking off today.
• Artists from Afrin to open exhibition in Shehba 

  Many artists and painters have been forced to leave Afrin after the Turkish attacks and invasion and found shelter in Shehba.
• Great interest in the book fair in Amed 

  110,000 people visited the sixth book fair in Amed.
• How an Armenian cemetery became a public toilet 

  In summer 2017, the state-appointed trustee in Van’s Edremit district had a public toilet built on an Armenian cemetery. Despite the decision of the Ministry of Culture, the toilets have not been demolished until today.
• Turkey jails award winning director 

  Giyasettin Şehir, who was awarded the Best Director prize at Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, has been imprisoned.
• Rojava’s Kurdish women-led revolution told in film 

  Arta Fil has produced a film about women’s role in the Rojava Revolution.
• Organized cultural robbery in Afrin 

  The occupiers of Afrin have now assigned a unit to locate and rob historic cultural assets in Afrin.
• Rojava experience lands to Terra Madre 

  Terra Madre will bring 5,000 delegates from 160 countries, over 800 exhibitors, 300 Slow Food Presidia and 500 food communities from the Terra Madre network to Turin (Piedmont, Italy).
• Cineforum in Suleymaniya to honour Yılmaz Güney 

  A film forum was organized in Suleymaniya to mark the 34th anniversary of the death of Yılmaz Güney, the great master of Kurdish cinema. 
• Great Kurdish director Yılmaz Güney remembered in Paris 

  The ceremony took place at the grave in Père Lachaise Cemetery where the great Kurdish film director has been buried.
• Scandinavian Kurdish Culture Festival in Stockholm 

  The Scandinavian Kurdish Culture Festival was organised in the Swedish capital Stockholm.
• Meriwan Theater Festival ended with award ceremony 

  The 13th Meriwan International Theater Festival ended with a ceremony held on Wednesday evening.
• Children festival came to a close in Qamishlo 

  The Jazira Region 4th Children's Festival, organized in Qamishlo has been going on for five days.
• "Dil Leyla" win documentary section at Nancy Film Festival 

  The documentary, by Asli Ozarslan, tells the story of the Cizre resistance and its mayor, Leyla Imret
• Preparations underway for Festival in Germany 

  The 26th International Kurdish Festival will take place on 8 and 9 September in Germany
• Theater Festival starts in Merivan 

  Merivan International Theater Festival has started. The festival will continue until September 5 and 39 companies from 5 countries, Rojhilat and Iran will participate.
• Jazira Intellectuals Union said Afrin will soon be liberated 

  Some 160 delegates met in Qamishlo for the Conference of the Jazira Intellectuals Union
• Intellectuals conference kicks off in Qamishlo 

  The Intellectuals Union of the Jazira region is gathering in Qamishlo
• Preparations underway for 26th International Kurdish Festival 

  Many international speakers as well as Kurdish guests will participate to this year festival dedicated to Afrin.
• First book of history of Kurdish freedom movement out at Festival 

  After a long wait, finally Mesopotamia Publishing House will release its book "Amara" on 8 September.
• Four new albums to be released by Mîr at International Festival 

  Mîr Müzik is presenting 4 new CDs at the International Kurdish Culture Festival to be held in Dinslaken, Germany, on September 8th.
• Pepe Mujica, the last hero, becomes a film by Emir Kusturica 

  Former president and guerrilla, the Uruguayan Pepe Mujica, to attend opening of the film Emir Kusturica has dedicated to his life