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• Artists in Turkey: Let us be a voice for peace 

  Over 500 personalities from the art and cultural scene in Turkey are calling for negotiations on a solution to the Kurdish question. The appeal "Let us be a voice for peace" was presented in Istanbul today.
• PKK Cultural Committee calls on artists to raise their voices against massacres 

  The PKK Cultural Committee invites all artists and filmmakers of the Middle East and the world, especially Kurdish artists, who are the conscience and voice of society, to take a stance and attitude against massacres and to raise their voices.
• Govend Camp in NRW dedicated to Michael Panser 

  Over a hundred participants spent a week in North Rhine-Westphalia exploring Kurdish art and culture. This year's "Kampa Govendê" was dedicated to the fallen internationalist and musician Michael Panser.
• Tribute to filmmaker Mansour Karimian killed in Turkish attack in northern Syria 

  Kurdish filmmaker Mansour Karimian, who lived in Rojava due to repression by the Iranian regime and was involved in the production of well-known feature films, lost his life in a Turkish airstrike in northern Syria on 24 December.
• Mesopotamia Book Fair ends with 500 thousand visitors 

  The Mesopotamia Book Fair ended on its 9th day. Approximately 500 thousand people have visited the fair, which attracted great interest from surrounding provinces as well as from the city of Amed.
• Amed Book Fair, an awaited return 

  Publishing houses representatives participating in the Amed Book Fair said that they were pleased with the interest and called on readers to buy books and authors.
• 9th Rojava Culture and Arts Festival continues in Qamishlo 

  The 9th Rojava Culture and Arts Festival continued on the 4th day with seminars on Kurds and Kurdistan.
• Panel on Kurdish language at the 9th Rojava Culture and Arts Festival 

  A panel titled "Kurdish grammar between acceptance and criticism" was organized at the 9th Rojava Culture and Arts Festival.
• MKM: We do not recognise the ban on our 32nd anniversary concert 

  After the banning of the 32nd anniversary concert, MKM will hold concerts at DEM Party Bağcılar and Sancaktepe district buildings at 18:00 and invited all people to the concerts.
• 9th Rojava Culture and Arts Festival kicks off in Qamishlo 

  The 9th Rojava Culture and Arts Festival kicked off in Qamishlo. It will run until 28 December.
• MKM's 32nd anniversary concert in Istanbul banned 

  MKM announced that the concert to be held on the occasion of its 32nd anniversary was banned and stated that they will announce the new venue and time tomorrow.
• Directors of ‘Bakur’ documentary sentenced to prison 

  Kurdish filmmakers stand trial for the work they do, mostly accused of "making propaganda for a terrorist organization" and "aiding a terrorist organisation". They are detained and tried.
• Orchid Group: Murals to develop street art on the walls of Rojava 

  The Orchid Group aims to develop street art with the murals on the walls of Rojava. Members of the group have accelerated their efforts to color the streets.
• Dilan Güvenç: We face a constant anti-Kurdish assimilation policy 

  Dilan Güvenç from the board of the MED-DER language association in Amed spoke of a continued anti-Kurdish assimilation policy. She said that Kurdish institutions will continue to struggle until Kurdish culture and language are given status.
• Third edition of Purple Meridians takes place in Durango 

  The third edition of the Purple Meridians 2023 will this year take place in Durango.
• Kurdish art exhibition opens in Moscow 

  In order to introduce Kurdish folk culture to the people living in Russia, an exhibition that will last 14 days was opened in Moscow.
• New issue of internationalist magazine Lêgerîn  

  The new issue of the internationalist magazine Lêgerîn has been publishe
• Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi arrested again  

  Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi was arrested again around a week and a half after his release. The 32-year-old is accused of spreading false information in connection with allegations of torture.
• Laura Schrader's book "Berxwedan" meets readers 

  The book "Berxwedan" (Resistance in Kurdish) by Italian journalist and writer Laura Schrader, which examines the Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan's peace and resistance adventure for the last 20 years, has been published.
• TEV-ÇAND Europe releases video of the song "Ez Ne Yek im" 

  TEV-ÇAND Europe released a video of the song "Ez Ne Yek im", composed by artist Hekim Sefkan for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Shooting of 'Heval Kekê Min' started 

  The shooting of the movie 'Heval Kekê Min', directed by Haşim Aydemir, has started. The script of the film, produced by the Rojava Film Commune, was penned by Rêber Habeş.
• Video clip in memory of the guerrillas martyred at Girê Hekarî 

  Gerîla TV published a video clip in memory of the three guerrillas who fell in the Girê Hekarî Revolutionary Operation in Metîna on 26 November 2022.
• Appeal for the Global Öcalan Books Day 

  “Start reading a book from Öcalan to find methods to solve our common problems and create a future of freedom,” say the organisers.
• 14th Hamburg Kurdish Film Festival to kick off on 22 November 

  The 14th Kurdish Film Festival will be held in Hamburg between 22-26 November.
• "Rojava, Syria's Ticking Time Bomb" documentary premieres worldwide in 11 languages 

  The highly anticipated documentary film, "Rojava, Syria's Ticking Time Bomb," can be accessed in English, German, Spanish, Hindi, Arabic, Pashto, Persian, Portuguese, Finnish, Kurdish and Turkish.