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• Stêra Zêrîn releases new clip about the resistance in Heftanîn 

  Rojava music group Stêra Zêrin released a new clip called "Heftanîn, mizgîniya min" (Heftanîn, my good news).
• New work by Rojava Film Commune: "Berbû" 

  The new film "Berbû" of the Rojava Film Commune was shot in Dêrik and deals with the changes in the lives of women after the occupation of Serêkaniyê by Turkey.
• Lêlun International Film Festival continues in Shehba 

  Third day of Lêlun International Film Festival in the Serdem and Berxwedan camps.
• Cultural event for children in Washokani Camp 

  "On the anniversary of the invasion of Serêkaniyê and Girê Spî [October], we will focus on organizing the refugees also through the opening of cultural centers in the camps in Hesekê," said Hesekê Culture and Arts Committee Co-chair.
• Lêlûn International Film Festival opens tonight in Shehba 

  The Avrîn Film Commune has worked non stop to get all prepared for the launch of the Lêlûn International Film Festival today.
• Kurdish Cultural Festival in the Hague 

  A political-cultural festival was held in the Hague. The main topic was the resistance in Kurdistan against Turkish occupation.
• The art of working with copper 

  The coppersmith profession, one of the professions left over by the Armenians in the neighbourhood of Sur in Amed, is faced with extinction.
• Pervin Buldan: The wall must fall 

  “Our friends in prison are always with us. Your hearts and your pens are with us at all times," said Pervin Buldan of the HDP.
• 12th International Hrant Dink awards granted to Kavala and Hassan 

  This year’s awards were granted to human rights defender Osman Kavala from Turkey and women’s rights advocate Mozn Hassan from Egypt.
• An exhibition brings together prisoners and photographers 

  The exhibition called “Voice of Freedom” will be open to visitors until 20 September.
• Trustee removes Kurdish signboards in Çaldıran, Van 

  The trustee of the former HDP-led Van Metropolitan Municipality had the Turkish-Kurdish signboards in the rural neighborhoods replaced with the Turkish versions.
• TEV-ÇAND pays tribute to martyr Mazdek Ararat 

  TEV-ÇAND Culture and Arts Committee issued a written statement to pay tribute to Mazdek Ararat, on his first martyrdom anniversary.
• The documentary Efrînê Evînê tells occupiers: You won't succeed 

  Zekeriya Efrîn, who directed the musical documentary “Efrînê Evînê”, said that with their work, they sent a message to the invaders: "No matter how hard you attack, you cannot destroy our culture".
• Yilmaz Güney remembered by his grave in Paris 

  The great Kurdish director Yilmaz Güney died in France in 1984. Güney, who was a leftist director from Kurdish background in Turkey, portrayed the plea of Kurdish people in his films.
• Church service on Akdamar Island in Van 

  A service was held on Sunday in the Armenian Cathedral of the Holy Cross on the Akdamar Island in the Lake Van. The Turkish government approves only one religious ceremony per year in the more than thousand years old church.
• Drawings of Zehra Doğan at Berlin’s 11th Art Biennale 

  The fourth and final part of this year's Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art "Epilogue" presents as of today "Xêzên Dizî" - The Hidden Drawings - by Kurdish artist Zehra Doğan, which she made in prison.
• “Turkey’s acts seek to obliterate the heritage of the region” 

  Call upon human rights and humanitarian organizations, such as UNESCO, to take mechanisms to protect antiquities and archaeological sites under the control of the Turkish occupation.
• Occupation forces bulldoze archaeological hill in Girê Spî 

  Turkish occupation forces and mercenaries bulldoze most important archaeological hill in Girê Spi to loot it.
• Indigenous Cinema Festival kicks off in Chile 

  Indigenous Cinema and Video (C&V) Festival underway in Chile.
• First children writing contest kicks off in North East Syria 

  The Jazira Region Cultural Committee launched a contest with the slogan "Today's sapling is tomorrow's tree" within the scope of the "Writers of the Future" project.
• Biography of Sakine Cansız published in Russian 

  The first part of the three-volume book "My whole life was a struggle" by Sakine Cansız has been published in Russian translation.
• Screenings of Ji bo Azadiyê in the Arab world, Europe and Japan 

  Directed by Ersin Çelik, the film Ji bo Azadiyê (The End Will Be Spectacular), about the Sur resistance, will be released in the Arab world, Europe and Japan.
• Avrîn Cinema Commune gears up for Rojava Lêlûn Festival 

  The Avrîn Cinema Commune is organising the Rojava Lêlûn Festival to be held on 21 September
• Protest against eviction of Kurdish cultural centre in Istanbul 

  In Istanbul, a demonstration was staged against the forced eviction of the Mesopotamian Cultural Centre. The artists vowed the continuation of their struggle to preserve Kurdish culture and language.
• Reading group in Germany discusses Öcalan's Sociology of Freedom 

  A group of German readers curious about the ideas of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan created a reading group to read and discuss the book "Democratic Civilization Manifesto 3 - The Sociology of Freedom".