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• Durham Miners Festival dedicated to Öcalan kicks off 

  Thousands have been reaching Durham for the big labour festival.
• Children's Festival in Shengal 

  After suffering abuses and violence, Yazidi kids return to smile.
• Mehmut Xelil: I want to paint the Guernika of Rojava 

  The Rojava Revolution and its people are the source of inspiration of the painter.
• Abdullah Öcalan and the Kurdish Question in Erdoğan's Turkey 

  A new book will be launched on Wednesday in London.
• Youth Centre opens in Raqqa 

  It is the first center of its kind in the Raqqa city.
• 4th Festival in memory of Ivana Hoffmann held in Germany 

  A festival dedicated to internationalist Hoffmann who lost her life fighting in Rojava.
• The old Haj Church in Van is nothing more than stones 

  The Armenian church suffered attacks by Turkish state throughout history.
• Culture, a weapon against Turkish occupation 

  The Culture and Art Council continues its work in Shehba.
• Göbeklitepe added to UNESCO World Heritage List 

  The World Heritage Committee Meeting in Bahrain added Göbeklitepe (Potbelly Hill) in Urfa to its list.
• Nestorian church in Hakkari at risk of decay 

  The destruction of historical cultural assets in Kurdistan by the security forces of Turkey is systematic. Anything that is not Islamic is either razed to the ground or left to itself so that the collective memory of Kurdish society disappears.
• Van: Leaving Armenian history to decay 

  The Armenian cemetery on Akhtamar Island and the historic Armenian houses are decaying, although they are allegedly under protection.
• European Youth Culture and Sports Festival to be held on 14 July 

  The Festival will take place in the Hague, the Netherlands.
• Alberdi: I write in Basque and from a Basque woman perspective 

  The Basque writer was in Amed a few years ago, where she performed with local denhbej.
• A play in Naples to tell about Kurds and their governance model 

  ‘The country that is not - Journey through the mountains people’ opened in Italy.
• Historic buildings demolished after historic cemetery 

  The invaders in the Edremit Municipality who tore down the Armenian cemetery in Van are now demolishing historic buildings in the district one by one because they are “derelict”.
• Artists declare their support for the HDP 

  Over 50 artists in Mersin stated they will vote for HDP on 24 June.
• Zehra Doğan's paintings in Detmold: Eyes wide open 

  The Detmold Amnesty International Group exhibits paintings of Kurdish painter and journalist Zehra Doğan, who has been in prison for a year, at the Detmold City Library.
• “Havana is the set for my novels as it’s the place I know best" 

  ​​​​​​​Interview with Cuban writer Ahmel Echevarria
• Destruction of Sur on World Heritage Watch Report 2018 

  The deliberately destruction of Sur by the Turkish government was given wide coverage on World Heritage Watch Report 2018 and WİLL be discussed at International Forum.
• Kobanê University to open new faculties 

  The university in Kobanê is run by co-rectorship.
• Sculptor El-Hemo tells of art under ISIS rule in Raqqa 

  Artist and sculptor Cuma Seîd El-Hemo was hiding his works in the garden of a house while under ISIS rule in Raqqa.
• Raqqa Museum restored 

  The Raqqa Museum which was severely damaged by ISIS gangs, is being restored.
• The story of a musician from Qamishlo 

  Each musician defines music differently.
• A Chinese artist travels to Kurdistan 

  An exhibition of paintings from Kurdistan by Chinese artist Ting Zhang has been opened in Hamburg's "Galerie Gemüse".
• How did a Syriac church in Urfa turn into a Faculty of Theology? 

  The Syriac Church of Saint Peter Saint Paul in Urfa is now being used as a cultural center by the Eyyubiye Municipality and the headquarters for the Faculty of Theology foundation.