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• KDP doesn't allow artists Emel Mathlouthi and Şadi Xelami to cross into Northern and Eastern Syria 

  The KDP did not allow artists Emel Mathlouthi and Şadi Xelami to cross into Northern and Eastern Syria to attend the festival in Kobanê.
• Women's Culture and Art Festival in Kobanê 

  The second Martyr Berçem Women's Culture and Art Festival organised by the women's cultural movement Hîlala Zêrîn is taking place in Kobanê. The organisers see the festival as a powerful response to the attacks by dictatorial regimes against cultures.
• Ban and confiscation decision on book by Gültan Kışanak 

  The Izmir 4th Criminal Court of Peace has issued a ban and seizure order on the book "The Purple Color of Kurdish Politics" written by politician Gültan Kışanak.
• Diyarbakır No. 5 Prison should be turned into a Memory Museum, says civil society organization 

  Haluk Yıldızhan from the Memory Museum Initiative Group requested that Diyarbakır No. 5 Prison be turned into a Memory Museum. He said that authorities should collaborate with those who lived through that period for the design of the museum.
• ‘Everyone should speak, write, think and live in Kurdish’ 

  The Kurdish Language Platform pointed out that the new school year is a period of assimilation of Kurdish children and said, “Everyone should speak, write, think and live in Kurdish.”
• 2nd Martyr Berçem Women's Culture and Art Festival kicks off today in Kobanê 

  The 2nd Martyr Berçem Women's Culture and Art Festival will kick off today in Kobanê.
• Call for participation in the International Kurdish Festival in Frankfurt 

  Co-chairs of KCDK-E and KON-MED called for participation in the 32nd International Kurdish Culture and Art Festival against isolation and occupation and said, “All our people should embrace their values, country and culture.”
• 5th Children's Festival continues in Raqqa 

  The 5th Children's Festival is underway in Raqqa.
• Call for participation in the National Kurdish Cultural Festival against isolation and occupation  

  FCDK-KAWA called for participation in the 32nd National Kurdish Cultural Festival against isolation and occupation attacks.
• Kurdish Cultural Festival held in Sweden 

  At the Kurdish Cultural Festival held in Sweden on 1 September World Peace Day, participants called for freedom for the Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and saluted the guerrilla resistance.
• 4th Merdoso Festival in Hesekê promotes Syriac culture 

  The 4th Merdoso Festival held in Hesekê began with the participation of six music and halay groups.
• Concert in solidarity with Öcalan and all Kurdish political prisoners in Paris 

  Preparations are underway for a major solidarity concert in Paris in support of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and all Kurdish political prisoners in Turkey.
• Kurdish Culture and Art Festival starts in Stockholm 

  Stockholm will host the Kurdish Culture and Art Festival from 1 September.
• Preparatory committe calls for participation in European Kurdish Culture Festival in Frankfurt 

  Preparations have been completed for the European Kurdish Culture Festival to be held in Frankfurt on 21 September. The Preparatory Committee called for strong participation in the festival against isolation, genocidal and repressive policies.
• Art College opens in Northern and Eastern Syria 

  A college for art and culture is opening in Northern and Eastern Syria. Music, cinema and theater will be taught at the new institution.
• Groups in Aleppo learn dances from North Kurdistan against Turkey's cultural genocide 

  Members of cultural and artistic movements in Aleppo are learning the folk dances of North Kurdistan against the cultural genocide policies carried out by the Turkish state.
• September announced as 'Month of Kurdish Culture' in Bielefeld 

  September will be the 'Month of Kurdish Culture' in Bielefeld. The program includes a film festival, an exhibition with works by young artists from Maxmur camp and a music concert.
• Three people in Istanbul remanded in custody for singing Kurdish songs 

  Three people in Istanbul were remanded in custody on charges of "making propaganda for a terrorist organization" and "being a member of a terrorist organization" for singing Kurdish songs.
• 9th Children's Festival underway in Qamishlo 

  The 9th Children's Festival has begun in Rimêlan with the participation of 26 art groups from different cities in Northern and Eastern Syria.
• Painting exhibition to open in Raqqa  

  The Democratic Autonomous Administration Culture and Arts Board is preparing for the 9th Painting Exhibition to be held on 24 August.
• First issue of ‘El Oma El Dimoqratiye’ magazine published in Cairo 

  The first issue of ‘El Oma El Dimoqratiye’ magazine was published in Cairo, featuring many rich articles by researchers.
• Protest against occupation and betrayal at the Kurdish Culture and Peace Festival in Canada  

  The 22nd Kurdish Culture and Peace Festival was organised in Toronto, Canada. Occupation attacks and betrayal were also protested at the festival.
• 8th Kurdish Culture Festival in Brussels continues with enthusiasm  

  The 8th Kurdish Culture Week in Brussels continues with various cultural, artistic and educational events.
• Enrollment in Kurdish language courses increases 

  Enrollment in Kurdish language programs and the selection of Kurdish as an elective subject are both increasing. This is believed to be a response to the criminalization of the Kurdish language in Turkey.
• 8th Kurdish Culture Festival begins in Brussels  

  The 8th Kurdish Culture Festival in Brussels began with a cultural walk on 15 August.