CULTURE

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• “Making films is not a crime, we defend peace” 

  The trial of documentarists Demirel and Mavioğlu aims at criminalising cinema and journalism.
• Autobiography of Sakine Cansız presented in English 

  Meeting in London with translator Janet Biehl.
• "We sing songs of the revolution" 

  The fighters who sang their songs in Kobanê as the "Army of Hope" have now renamed their group "Berbanga Rojava" (The Dawn of Rojava).
• Living Together through cinema 

  Antep Cinema Days kick off on Thursday.
• FilmAmed Festival returns after a year forced stop 

  The AKP’s ‘hijacking’ of Kurdish municipalities meant cuts in cultural budget as well.
• Movie on Amed prison resistance screened in St. Petersburg 

  The movie "14 Temmuz" (July 14) about the historic resistance of the political prisoners in the prison of Amed was screened in St. Petersburg.
• The art of making clothes 

  A 75 years old woman still hand makes women dresses in Kobanê.
• Turkish army destroys another historic site in Afrin 

  The Henan mosque was plundered and Kurdish writer Dêrsimî’s grave destroyed.
• Art exhibition in Rojava dedicated to Afrin resistance 

  Cizire Culture and Arts Council Co-president Berivan Xalid stated that they dedicated the Rojava Art Exhibition to the Resistance of the Age.  
• Art exhibition in Qamishlo 

  Paintings to voice the resistance of Afrin and celebrate Rojava diversity.
• NAV-DEM: Kurds should defend their language 

  The Kurdish Language Day is celebrated on 15 May as proposed by Kurdish literary scholars and linguists and it has made a great contribution to the development of Kurdish.
• Tan: Comprehensive struggle needed to defend Kurdish language 

  Kurdish Institute President celebrates Kurdish Language Day.
• Girls of the Sun against ISIS 

  The film Girls of the Sun doesn’t only analyze women’s fight against ISIS, it also stresses the fighting character of the women in Shengal.
• Husson's 'Girls Of The Sun' heading to UK & Ireland with Altitude 

  Altitude Film Distribution has secured UK and Ireland rights to Eva Husson’s Cannes competition title Girls Of The Sun from sales agent Elle Driver.
• Rojava Culture Arts and Literature Festival opens in Kobane 

  The fifth edition of the festival attracted people from all over Northern Syria
• Festival Theatre in Amed 

  One week of theatre in Amed
• Kurdish Culture in Nuremberg 

  Kurds will organise four days of music, culture and performances in the German city
• Rojava made Kurdish language revival a reality 

  Almost 53 thousand students are being educated through Kurdish in Kobane Canton of Rojava, northern Syria.
• Turkmen association to be opened in Manbij 

  The Turkmen people living in Manbij are opening an association to promote Turkmen culture in the region.
• Ken Loach greets London Kurdish Film Festival 

  The 10th London Kurdish Film Festival (LKFF) opened this year with a gala attended by directors, artists and people.
• Photograph exhibition shows alternative life in Makhmur 

  Demir Sönmez, one of the leading photographers in Geneva, has opened an exhibition at Saint Gervais Theater Center in Geneva.
• Message for Çarşema Sor from the HDP 

  HDP: “We wish the Çarşema Sor holiday, symbolizing new life, becomes a means for the whole of humanity for peace, freedom, justice and fraternity.”
• Message for Çarşema Sor from Shengal 

  The Shengal Êzidî Society Coordination celebrates Çarşema Sor for the Êzidî people.
• "My whole life was a struggle" book appears in English 

  The first volume of the three-part biography of Sakine Cansiz has also been published in English after German and Italian.
• Issue 9 of Jineoloji magazine out 

  The 9th issue of science-theoretical journal Jineoloji, was published. The new issue revolves around the slogan "Science to be developed around women is the first step towards the right sociology".