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• Kurdish refugee’s “toothbrush” self portrait nominated for Australia’s top prize 

  For artist Mostafa Azimitabar, a Kurd who fled Iran, the honor came persecution just over a year after he was released from one of Australia’s notorious immigration hotels.
• Hêza awarded as best documentary at Los Angeles Independent Women's Film Festival 

  Hêza, directed by Derya Deniz, received the best documentary award at the Los Angeles Independent Women's Film Festival.
• Stêrka Rojê, a collective music group in which children are both students and teachers 

  Stêrka Rojê, affiliated to the Mihemed Şêxo Culture and Art Center, is a music group consisting of 9 children. The band members, who receive vocal and instrument training, both perform and contribute to the training of newcomers.
• Kurdish film "Ji bo Azadiyê" screened in Mexico City 

  The collective "Cine Nómada" has screened in Mexico City the film "Ji bo Azadiyê" about the resistance for self-government in Sur. Solidarity was expressed to the Kurdish people in the face of the Turkish war of aggression.
• 198 writers condemn sentence in Gezi Case 

  198 writers condemned the sentence in the Gezi Case, and said: "We add our voice to the voice of life and resistance."
• European Kurdish Culture and Art Movement to start actions against Turkish occupation 

  Members of the European Kurdish Culture and Art Movement got together in Cologne and established a crisis desk to promote actions against the invasion attacks by the Turkish state and the KDP.
• Kayem: The spiritual palace of Kurds 

  Located in Hakkari's Şemdinli district, Kayme Palace, which has a spiritual value for the Kurds, continues to dazzle with its magnificence.
• First edition of Kurdish Cultural Festival in Paris to kick off on 14 May 

  The CDK-F will present in Paris the first edition of the Kurdish Cultural Festival. The event will kick off on 14 May.
• HDP celebrates Yazidi feast Çarşema Sor 

  The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) celebrated Çarşema Sor Feast and said that “we will get rid of this spiral of violence together in solidarity with the Yazidis”.
• Awazê Çiya releases music video on Shengal resistance 

  Music group Awazê Çiya released a new music video about the genocidal attacks on Shengal and the resistance against these attacks.
• Kurdish Internationalist Delegation at Basque Youth Festival 

  Representatives of the Diplomacy Committee of the Rojava Youth Movement and the Academy of Democratic Modernity have participated in the annual youth festival of the left-wing independence movement in the Basque Country.
• Theater as a form of expression in Maxmur 

  Sîrwan Kanat grew up in the Maxmur refugee camp and has been performing theater since childhood. For him, theater is an alternative to the problems and conflicts people face in the camp.
• Kurdish Film Days Cologne to kick off next week 

  From April 22 to 24, Filmhaus Kino will once again bring some festival atmosphere to Cologne with the Kurdish Film Days.
• Kurdish cultural movement against genocide and occupation 

  The Kurdish cultural movement in Europe discussed the impact of colonialism on their work and countermeasures to capitalist modernity at a conference that lasted several days.
• "Tekoser" by director Dario Salvetti to be screened in Amsterdam 

  The documentary "Tekoser" directed by Dario Salvetti will be screened in Amsterdam on Sunday 19 April.
• A darbuka to overcome all obstacles  

  Mahmut İsmail Bekir, who is disabled from birth, clings to life tightly thanks to his companion, the darbuka.
• Rewend, Wandering Kurdish Cinema lands in Turin 

  Rewend, Wandering Cinema is a project aimed at promoting and distributing the cinematographic works produced by the Rojava Film Commune in Italy, the Spanish state and France. The first stop was Turin.
• “Hêza”, a documentary about a Yazidi woman's journey to freedom, awarded at Boden Festival 

  “Hêza”, the story of the Yazidi people and a Yazidi woman whose life changed completely after the genocide on 3 August 2014 in Shengal, was awarded by the Boden International Film Festival as best documentary.
• "Red Wednesday" celebrated by Yazidis in Shengal 

  The Yazidi holiday "Çarşema Sor" (Red Wednesday) was celebrated in an event in the town of Shengal in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• "The Story of My Heart", a book about PKK Executive Committee member Atakan Mahir 

  The book "The Story of My Heart", about PKK Executive Committee member Atakan Mahir, who fell as a martyr in 2018 in Dersim, was presented in the cities of Geneva and Bern.
• Art exhibition opens in Maxmur 

  An art exhibition has opened at Maxmur camp in southern Kurdistan. The exhibition was conceived by the camp's education committee and includes works from the Şehîd Delîla arts and crafts studio, which was established by the Maxmur Women's Foundation.
• Kurdish PEN: Turkey seeks to destroy the existence and status of the Kurds 

  Kurdish PEN calls on the international community and relevant authorities to stop these brutal attacks by the Turkish state.
• Cultural committee condemns deadly Turkish drone attack in Rojava 

  The Kurdish Cultural Committee in Europe condemned Friday's Turkish drone attack in Rojava as a "heinous terrorist attack." One person was killed in the attack and poet Ferhad Merdê was seriously injured.
• Assyrian New Year Akitu celebrated in Rojava 

  In the northeast of Syria, the Christian Syriacs have celebrated the Assyrian New Year Akitu.
• PKK TEV-ÇAND commemorates film director Halil Dağ 

  The PKK TEV-ÇAND Committee on Friday commemorated film director Halil Dağ on the anniversary of his death.