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• Night in solidarity with Rojava in Genk 

  Heyva Sor a Kurdistan held a night in solidarity with Rojava in Genk, Belgium.
• The State targets docs and film addressing the Kurdish issue 

  Filmmakers and journalists Çayan Demirel, Ertuğrul Mavioğlu and Veysi Atay were sentenced last year while filmmakers Kazım Öz, Özay Şahin, Kutbettin Cebe and Şiyar Dicle will appear in court soon.
• Mîtan Theatre Festival in Shehba canton 

  The festival continues on its third day.
• Making theater in Maxmur Refugee Camp 

  Sîrwan Kanat is a theater actor in Maxmur Camp. Seven plays have been created and performed in Maxmur Camp, says Kanat, adding that national unity will be important for art as well.
• Le Monde Diplomatique dedicates issue to Kurds 

  The latest issue of Le Monde Diplomatique is dedicated to Kurds and their century-long struggle.
• Kurdish Literature Association established in Amed 

  The Kurdish Literature Association was established in Amed (Diyarbakır).
• The documentary about MLKP is ready 

  The documentary "Dema Baranan" prepared by the Filmmakers Film Collective has been completed.
• Actress Emektar: Theater eliminates borders 

  Actress Berfin Emektar said that "theater eliminates borders" and has an important part of the developing of the arts field. 
• Special screening in Qamishlo of the film Ji Bo Azadiyê 

  The film Ji Bo Azadiyê (The end will be spectacular) about the resistance of Sur was screened at Mihemed Şêxo Culture and Art Center in Qamishlo.
• Charity concert with Ibrahim Keivo for Rojava 

  The Yazidi Cultural Center in Celle invites to a benefit concert for the people of Rojava with the Armenian musician Ibrahim Keivo. The organisers wish it to be a concert for humanity and solidarity.
• Call for mobilisation for the Kurdish language and culture 

  A two-day workshop on the Kurdish language and culture was held in Amed. The event was concluded with a call for mobilisation against the assimilation policy of the Turkish state.
• Second day of Language Workshop underway in Amed 

  The second day of the workshop of the Network of Languages and Cultures in underway in Amed.
• Workshop on Kurdish language kicks off in Amed 

  The Network of Languages ​​and Cultures is holding a workshop in Amed to establish the network roadmap.
• On the road to Kobane, a video for Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê 

  The event is aimed at raising funds for humanitarian aid in north-east Syria. Produced
• Şervano, the song of resistance 

  Released in the same week as the beginning of the Turkish army’s “Peace Spring” operation, the song "Şervano" has become an important part of protests, the fields, and the front lines.
• "Kaval is passion, love and history" 

  An old "uncle", Ali Ucun is blind and gives sound and life to the kaval in the historical city wall of Amed. Ali Ucun says that kaval is passion, love and history.
• New Syriac Radio for the Gozarto Region of Bethnahrin on Air 

  The goal of the station is to inform the Syriac people, as well as others, about the latest news that touches them locally.
• Documentary tells the story of Jinwar, the women's village 

  The documentary collective Şopdarên rojê ya çandê have made a short film about Jinwar, the free women's village in Rojava. 
• First Kurdish course ended in Bocholt 

  The Kurdish course given by the German Kurdish Institute in Bocholt lasted 12 months and was successfully completed.
• Former HDP deputy Önder in the cast of Aydemir's new film 

  Former HDP deputy Sırrı Süreyya Önder was released in October after being held in prison for about ten months.
• TMMOB calls on people to defend Sur historical site 

  TMMOB Amed Provincial Coordination Board urged the state to protect Amed's city walls against the destruction policy implemented by the state.
• Paintings by children living in Rojava exhibited in Moscow 

  An exhibition of paintings by children living in Rojava opened in Moscow.
• Exhibition in Bielefeld to expose Turkish occupation of Rojava 

  YXK and JXK opened a photography exhibition at the University of Bielefeld in Germany to draw attention to the Turkish occupation in Rojava.
• Rojava photo removed from exhibition in Nuremberg 

  A photo from Rojava part of an exhibition opened in a cultural center of the municipality of Nuremberg was removed after pressure from the Turkish lobby.
• Workshop organised by Intellectuals Union in Kobanê 

  The Intellectuals Union is holding a two-day workshop in Kobanê.