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• Brazil International Film Festival awards documentary Heza  

  The documentary Heza got its 5th award, collecting a prize at the Brazil International Film Festival.
• Culture Week kicks off in Dirbesiye 

  The Culture Week, promoted by Hîlala Zêrîn Dirbesiye Culture and Art Center Coordination and the Cizîre Region, kicked off in Dirbesiye.
• 20,000 flags for Rojava at Fusion Festival 

  After a two-year break, the Fusion Festival in Lärz, Mecklenburg, has been running again since Thursday. At a concert by Mal Élevé, 20,000 flags of the YPG and YPJ were waved on the occasion of the upcoming anniversary of the Rojava revolution.
• MKM condemns arrests in Adana targeting Kurdish culture and artists  

  Reacting to the detentions carried out in many provinces on Monday, the MKM said the reason for these arrests is the hostility towards Kurdish culture and art and added: "As Kurdish art workers, we say you cannot stop us."
• MKM artists protest bans on Kurdish music and language  

  MKM artists organised an event for World Music Day, and took the opportunity to protest all prohibition with a Kurdish music concert.
• Kurdish artists in Europe call for participation to march to be held in Düsseldorf on Saturday 

  Kurdish artists in Europe called for participation to the march to be held in Düsseldorf on Saturday 25 June.
• Trustee of Batman has Cegerxwîn bust torn down 

  The trustee of Batman had a bust of the Kurdish poet and writer Cegerxwîn demolished. The HDP protests against the targeted elimination of Kurdish art, culture, history and language by the "one-man regime".
• Kurdish language course to be introduced at Goethe University Frankfurt 

  A regular Kurdish course will be introduced at Goethe University Frankfurt in the coming autumn/winter semester. The course was initiated by the Kurdish student associations YXK/JXK.
• First book exhibition in Raqqa since the defeat of ISIS  

  29 publishing houses have participated in the exhibition, which includes roughly 20 thousand books and 5000 titles that have been written in different languages of the people of North-East Syria.
• Raqqa's Culture and Antiquities Council launches first book fair in the city  

  Raqqa's Culture and Antiquities Council launched the first book fair in the city under the slogan 'Reading is Life'.
• Ilkay Akkaya takes the stage with Colour Women's Choir in London 

  The Colour Women's Choir, formed by women from Kurdistan and Turkey in London, performed together with artist Ilkay Akkaya.
• Greeting from Women Defend Rojava at Zilan Women’s Festival 

  In a greeting to the Zilan Women's Festival in Frankfurt, the Women Defend Rojava campaign describes the Kurdish women's movement as a role model for worldwide women's struggles that has lit a fire of resistance.
• Education Union demands education in mother tongue rather than elective courses 

  In its 2021-2022 Education Assessment Report, Eğitim-Sen raised concern over the chronic problems in the education system and criticised the official preference of elective courses over education in the mother tongue.
• Preparations completed for the Zilan Women's Festival in Frankfurt 

  The Zilan Women's Festival, the annual highlight of the Kurdish women's movement in Germany, will take place in Frankfurt on Saturday. The organisers from the women's association YJK-E invite all to participate and point out its universal character.
• Kurdish writer imprisoned again eight months after her release 

  The Kurdish writer Leyla Saraç, who was imprisoned for many years, was arrested again eight months after her early release.
• Prison says bookmark with Demirtaş’s name is a threat to prison security 

  A bookmark with the name of HDP’s former co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş was not delivered to a prisoner in the Kayseri Prison since it was considered a "terrorist propaganda" and a "threat to prison security" by the prison administration.
• Purple Meridians: Women making cinema meet in Catalunya 

  The Purple Meridians cinema project moves to Olot, in Catalunya.
• Anka Language Culture and Art Association opens in Ankara 

  Anka Language Culture and Art Association (Anka-Der) was opened, which will carry out activities for the preservation and development of the Kurdish language and culture.
• ‘Govend’ band performs at 25th Respect (Tolerance) Festival in Exeter 

  The people of Kurdistan took the stage with ‘govend’ band at the 25th Respect (Tolerance) Festival in Exeter, England.
• Rewend, the Rojava Film Commune wandering festival, lands in Rome 

  Sevinaz Evdike, film director and head of the Rojava Film Commune, arrived in Rome to present the Kurdish wandering film project, Rewend.
• Kurdish writer Meral Şimşek awarded Theodor Kramer Prize  

  Kurdish writer Meral Şimşek has been awarded this year's Austrian Theodor Kramer Prize for writers in resistance or exile. The award ceremony will take place in September.
• Kurdish theater play "Bêrû" performed in Kiel 

  The Kurdish adaptation of the play "Mockery of Fear" by Dario Fo has been performed in Kiel. "Bêrû" is a production of the theater group Jiyana Nû from the Mesopotamian Cultural Center.
• Dersim means resistance 

  After a two-year break due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Dersim festival took place in Frankfurt and was attended by thousands of people. Guest speaker, HDP MP Kemal Bülbül said that Dersim is synonymous with resistance.
• Adana Governor's Office bans the play "Tartuffe" in Kurdish, while Mersin's gives green light 

  Adana Governor's Office banned the play "Tartuffe" in Kurdish.
• Symposium: Revolution in Everyday Life and Everyday Life in Revolution 

  Students from Rojava and Bremen offer the event series "Revolution in Everyday Life and Everyday Life in Revolution," a joint symposium with lectures, discussions and exchange.