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• When solidarity meets art 

  Change of State hints at all the ongoing transformations and asks a question, how to retrieve and keep our humanity in harmony with the sense of justice?
• Kurdish asylum seeker wins Australia's richest literary prize 

  A Kurdish asylum seeker, without being able to attend the ceremony, has won Australia's richest literary prize.
• Exhibition of children opens in Shehba 

  The exhibition called "Return to Afrin" has opened in Til Susin in Shehba.
• Cultural and Art Centre opened in Fafîn, Shehba 

  Yet another Cultural and Art Centre has opened in the Shehba region.
• Short film of Cansiz’s resistance: 3 Days in 10 Years 

  The short film “3 Days in 10 Years” about the life of Sakine Cansiz, one of the founders of the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK), will be shown on January 9.
• Comics for Rojava 

  A special evening on 8 January in Rome to support the people of the Federation of Northern Syria.
• Mountain Cinema, filming the fight for freedom 

  "Nothing is an obstacle to the Kurdistan Freedom Struggle and its guerrilla. Humanity is recording these days and I believe that the greatest gain for the later periods of history will be the resistance of these times.
• Serdem Library opened in refugee camp in Shehba 

  The library has now three thousand books, mostly regarding politics, economics, philosophy, sociology, but also novels, stories and dictionaries. Books are in Arabic, Kurdish and English languages.
• Mesopotamia Cultural Centre celebrated its 27th anniversary 

  The hunger strike carried out by HDP Hakkari deputy, Leyla Güven, and the demand to end the isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan were underlined time and time again during the cultural event.
• Film on disappeared people on Turkey awarded 

  The film Bir (Well) by Veysi Altay has won the Naples Human Rights Cinema Festival.
• Kurdish publications banned in Van Book Fair 

  The book fair organized by the usurped Van Metropolitan Municipality has banned all publications in Kurdish.
• Êzî Holiday celebrated in Shengal following 3 days of fasting 

  Yazidis in Shengal celebrated the Êzî Holiday following 3 days of fasting as per their faith.
• Democratic Idea Library opens in Hesekê 

  "We will try to spread the idea and philosophy of the leader with this library.”


• Artist Yelda Abbasi detained in Istanbul 

  Yelda Abbasi had come to Istanbul to join the celebration for the 27th anniversary of the Mesopotamia Cultural Centre.
• Raqqa: Investing in culture 

  The Culture and Arts Committee has been carrying out a lot of work to secure culture is protected and enhanced.
• Play ‘Tirsonek' on stage in Rojava 

  The play called ‘Tirsonek’ (Cowardly) brought on stage the feelings of the war for freedom in Rojava.
• Intellectuals from Afrin work for the displaced people in Shehba 

  ​​​​​​​Despite the difficult conditions, refugees from Afrin who fled to Shehba are organising courses and cultural activities in the camp.
• Photograph exhibition in Aleppo 

  Portraits of liberation fighters taken on war positions are exhibited in Aleppo.
• Let’s rock in Kurdish 

  A new album by Kurdish musician Dilsen Roni has been released.
• Sold Out for Play on Kurdistan in Milan 

  All dates have been sold out showing once again the great interest people have about Kurds and their struggle for freedom and free life.
• Mujica film to open Festival in Havana 

  Sur siege and resistance told by Ozcan Alper will also be screened. The short animation film is one of 12 short that makes up Gure oroitzapenak, dedicated to the literary work of Basque writer Joseba Sarrionandia.
• Play on Kurdistan on stage in Milan 

  The project was born from the need both writers had to tell of a new political utopia in the world and of a people that risks total annihilation, the Kurds.
• Relocation in Hasankeyf accelerates 

  The AKP is refusing to recognize the Council of State verdict to cancel the bid in Hasankeyf and has ordered the acceleration of relocating the historic sites.
• Director Kazım Öz released from custody 

  The director of Zer was detained in Dersim and referred to Diyarbakır (Amed).
• Kurdish director Kazım Öz taken into custody 

  The Turkish regime also targets artists as part of its political genocide operations against the Kurds and dissident circles.