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• Education Union demands education in mother tongue rather than elective courses 

  In its 2021-2022 Education Assessment Report, Eğitim-Sen raised concern over the chronic problems in the education system and criticised the official preference of elective courses over education in the mother tongue.
• Preparations completed for the Zilan Women's Festival in Frankfurt 

  The Zilan Women's Festival, the annual highlight of the Kurdish women's movement in Germany, will take place in Frankfurt on Saturday. The organisers from the women's association YJK-E invite all to participate and point out its universal character.
• Kurdish writer imprisoned again eight months after her release 

  The Kurdish writer Leyla Saraç, who was imprisoned for many years, was arrested again eight months after her early release.
• Prison says bookmark with Demirtaş’s name is a threat to prison security 

  A bookmark with the name of HDP’s former co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş was not delivered to a prisoner in the Kayseri Prison since it was considered a "terrorist propaganda" and a "threat to prison security" by the prison administration.
• Purple Meridians: Women making cinema meet in Catalunya 

  The Purple Meridians cinema project moves to Olot, in Catalunya.
• Anka Language Culture and Art Association opens in Ankara 

  Anka Language Culture and Art Association (Anka-Der) was opened, which will carry out activities for the preservation and development of the Kurdish language and culture.
• ‘Govend’ band performs at 25th Respect (Tolerance) Festival in Exeter 

  The people of Kurdistan took the stage with ‘govend’ band at the 25th Respect (Tolerance) Festival in Exeter, England.
• Rewend, the Rojava Film Commune wandering festival, lands in Rome 

  Sevinaz Evdike, film director and head of the Rojava Film Commune, arrived in Rome to present the Kurdish wandering film project, Rewend.
• Kurdish writer Meral Şimşek awarded Theodor Kramer Prize  

  Kurdish writer Meral Şimşek has been awarded this year's Austrian Theodor Kramer Prize for writers in resistance or exile. The award ceremony will take place in September.
• Kurdish theater play "Bêrû" performed in Kiel 

  The Kurdish adaptation of the play "Mockery of Fear" by Dario Fo has been performed in Kiel. "Bêrû" is a production of the theater group Jiyana Nû from the Mesopotamian Cultural Center.
• Dersim means resistance 

  After a two-year break due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Dersim festival took place in Frankfurt and was attended by thousands of people. Guest speaker, HDP MP Kemal Bülbül said that Dersim is synonymous with resistance.
• Adana Governor's Office bans the play "Tartuffe" in Kurdish, while Mersin's gives green light 

  Adana Governor's Office banned the play "Tartuffe" in Kurdish.
• Symposium: Revolution in Everyday Life and Everyday Life in Revolution 

  Students from Rojava and Bremen offer the event series "Revolution in Everyday Life and Everyday Life in Revolution," a joint symposium with lectures, discussions and exchange.
• Drought in Duhok unveils ancient city of Mitanni Empire 

  The drought in the Duhok region of South Kurdistan has unveiled the 3,400-year-old city of Zahiku which belonged to the ancient Mitanni civilization.
• Play about poets Ahmed Arif and Cemal Süreya in London 

  This year, a theater play was staged at the London Cemevi, as part of the British 11th Alevi Festival, which was organized with the slogan "Peace and Justice".
• 21 language organizations and associations protest ban on theater plays and concerts in Kurdish 

  21 language organizations and associations protested the ban on theater plays and concerts in Kurdish and said in a statement that they "will defend our language in all areas of life against bans."
• Paris Kurdish Culture Festival ends with dedication to guerrillas 

  Closing with an impressive concert, the First Paris Kurdish Culture Festival was dedicated to the guerrillas.
• Internationalist Youth Festival kicks off in Germany 

  The festival aims at bringing the European climate justice movement and the Kurdish liberation movement closer together, creating a space of exchange and a common culture of resistance.
• Documentary about murdered journalist Nûjiyan Erhan 

  Kurdish journalist Nûjiyan Erhan was assassinated five years ago in Şengal by a KDP sniper with a bullet to the head. Director Jinda Asmin portrays her life in a documentary that is being shown for the first time in Şengal today.
• Artist Ferhat Tunç: We must raise our voice against concert bans and censorship 

  Artist Ferhat Tunç reacted to the latest wave of concert bans in Turkey and said: "This government only wants to hear the voice of fascism. We must raise our voice," and urged everyone to organize creative actions against the bans.
• Paris Kurdish Culture Festival is a journey into cultural history 

  The Paris Kurdish Culture Festival is a journey into cultural history, the history of govend, the change of figures according to the regions, the local clothes.
• Kurdish Culture Week begins in Nuremberg 

  The 11th Kurdish Culture Week has begun in Nuremberg, Germany.
• Doğan and Ararat's concerts in Bursa canceled 

  Kurdish musicians Aynur Doan and Mem Ararat's concerts in Bursa were canceled.
• Two more singers prevented from performing as Turkish crackdown on concerts continues 

  Apolas Lermi and Niyazi Koyuncu from the Black Sea region have their concerts cancelled by AKP municipalities.
• Kurdish theater group Jiyana Nû tours Switzerland with "Bêrû" 

  The Kurdish theater group Jiyana Nû is touring Switzerland with the play "Bêrû". The opening performance was in the city of Geneva.