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• Solidarity action with Rojava in Chambery 

  In the Chambery commune in Savoie, France, Kurds and their friends met to watch a documentary on Rojava.
• Kafro, the Assyrian village that survived the State persecution 

  In the '90s Kafro, an Assyrian village in Midyat, district of Mardin, was evacuated by the Turkish state and abandoned in ruins as many other villages. Now Kafro is flourishing again.
• Lawrence: Those portraited in my photos are fighting a dictator 

  Canadian photographer Joey Lawrence opened an exhibition of photographs taken in Rojava, Shengal and Maxmûr. The photographs tell of cruelty, resistance and human stories.
• Hamburg Kurdish Film Festival ended a successful 10th edition 

  The Kurdish Film Festival in Hamburg ended on Wednesday. The festival was held between 30 October and 6 November.
• Italy to host exhibition by Kurdish artist Zehra Doğan  

  Brescia (Italy) will host the third Edition of the Festival of Peace from Friday 15 to Saturday 30 November. 
• Cinema of a Stateless Nation, a book by Soner Sert 

  Soner Sert has published a book on Kurdish cinema titled “Cinema of a Stateless Nation”.
• Amed walls bear witness to the history of the city 

  The city walls of Amed, built 5,000 years ago and later restored by different civilizations, bear witness to the history of the city and its good and bad times.
• 10th Hamburg Kurdish Film Festival underway 

  The Kurdish Film Festival in Hamburg opened with the premiere of French director Caroline Fourest's film about Kurdish women.
• ITI: “Stop Turkey's war of aggression in North-East Syria” 

  "Immediate action with tangible consequences is needed to stop this madness!  We call on all cultural workers to actively and loudly oppose the war in north-eastern Syria," said ITI representatives.
• Authors of PEN condemn the Turkish incursion 

  Growing solidarity worldwide with the Kurdish people who are resisting Turkey’s genocidal campaign seeking to invade North and East Syria that is marked by grave war crimes.
• Writer Aslı Erdoğan: Turks learn to hate Kurds in primary school 

  Writer Aslı Erdoğan said that Turks have been made to hate Kurds since primary school.
• Legendary Cuban ballerina Alicia Alonso died 

  Legendary Cuban ballerina Alicia Alonso died on Thursday at age 98.
• Koma Berxwedan: Let our voice be the voice of our people 

  The well known music band Koma Berxwedan, called on "all artists to be the voice of the people in this difficult time and yet full of historic victories". Koma Berxwedan condemned the genocide attack of the Turkish state against Kurds.
• Kalhor canceled concert in Istanbul over Turkish invasion 

  World renown Kurdish musician Kayhan Kalhor canceled his concert in Istanbul over Turkish offensive on Kurdish forces in Northern and Eastern Syria.
• Last day for Diyarbakır Book Fair 

  The seventh annual book fair in Diyarbakır will close its door today, after a full week of events and activities, much enjoyed by readers of the city and beyon.
• 8 Kurdish musicians detained in Urfa 

  Kurdish music remains under the repression of the Turkish regime.
• Governor of Adana bans concert 

  Adana Governorate has banned a concert of Dodan Özer and Pınar Aydınlar.
• Hasankeyf Performance at UNESCO 

  ​​​​​​​Art performance at the entrance of UNESCO Center in Paris: Save 12,000 years old Hasankeyf!
• Exhibition called "Voice of Civilization" opened in Kobanê 

  The Afrin Culture and Art Committee opened a painting exhibition called "The Voice of Civilization"  to draw attention to the rights violations in Turkish-occupied Afrin.
• San Sebastián Festival rewarded quality and committed cinema 

  The jury of the San Sebastián Festival has rewarded a quality and committed cinema.
• Rojava Orchestra celebrates its third anniversary 

  The three-year anniversary of the Rojava Orchestra was celebrated in Qamishlo with a concert. The ensemble is the first of its kind in northern and eastern Syria.
• Batman: "Kurdish songs forbidden" 

  In the city of Batman Turkish police stormed a café and took the microphone away from Kurdish musician Dodan, saying: "Kurdish songs are forbidden".
• Mezopotamya banned books to be reprinted by 3 European publishers 

  On 12 February 2019, Mezopotamya Publishing and Mir Music, two important Kurdish institutions in Germany, were officially banned on the orders of Interior Minister Horst Seehofer.
• Director Kazim Öz faces 15 years imprisonment in Turkey 

  Kurdish director Kazim Öz faces 15 years imprisonment in Turkey. He is charged with membership of a terrorist group, the trial begins on October 1st.
• Theater play by the Self-Defense Forces 

  Serdem Culture and Art Center actors linked to the Self-Defense Forces organized a theater tour throughout the region of Jazira.