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• Theater Festival starts in Merivan 

  Merivan International Theater Festival has started. The festival will continue until September 5 and 39 companies from 5 countries, Rojhilat and Iran will participate.
• Jazira Intellectuals Union said Afrin will soon be liberated 

  Some 160 delegates met in Qamishlo for the Conference of the Jazira Intellectuals Union
• Intellectuals conference kicks off in Qamishlo 

  The Intellectuals Union of the Jazira region is gathering in Qamishlo
• Preparations underway for 26th International Kurdish Festival 

  Many international speakers as well as Kurdish guests will participate to this year festival dedicated to Afrin.
• First book of history of Kurdish freedom movement out at Festival 

  After a long wait, finally Mesopotamia Publishing House will release its book "Amara" on 8 September.
• Four new albums to be released by Mîr at International Festival 

  Mîr Müzik is presenting 4 new CDs at the International Kurdish Culture Festival to be held in Dinslaken, Germany, on September 8th.
• Pepe Mujica, the last hero, becomes a film by Emir Kusturica 

  Former president and guerrilla, the Uruguayan Pepe Mujica, to attend opening of the film Emir Kusturica has dedicated to his life
• Two Kurdish films at Nancy Film Festival in Lorraine 

  Cizre and South Kurdistan will feature at the French Film Festival.
• Historic Al-Binat Palace to be repaired 

  The Al-Binat Palace, which was severely damaged during the ISIS invasion of Raqqa, will be repaired by the Directorate of Tourism and Archaeology
• Relating Afrin’s history and culture through music 

  Kurdish Dengbêj Ehmed Xanî sings and records folkloric works of art that reflect the history and culture of the Afrin region.
• Bresser not complying in relocation of Hasankeyf tomb 

  The Zeynel Bey Tomb is a late-15th-century monument of extraordinary cultural value and a symbol of the rich cultural heritage of the region.
• "Music is the harmony of guerrilla and nature" 

  "Here in the mountains there is a very special harmony that the guerrillas adopt themselves to. You get the feeling of being part of nature. To me, music is the harmony of guerrilla and nature", said the fallen guerrilla fighter Rizgar.
• Sakine, Leyla and Fidan in the music of Feriforya 

  MCK artist Sherat Feriforya has dedicated his new album to the three Kurdish women politicians murdered in Paris.
• An interview with writer Roza Metina 

  Roza Metina is writing about Kurdish women, their sorrows and joys, thus contributing to the help of collective memory.
• Library opens in Manbij 

  A library opens in the city during the second anniversary of its liberation from DEASH mercenaries.
• Afrin children's exhibition opens in Berxwedan Camp  

  The paintings of the children from Afrin are exhibited in the refugee camp in Shehba.
• Exhibition opened in Manbij 

  A rich variety of activities organised in Manbij to celebrate the second anniversary of the liberation of the city from DAESH
• Cinema program to begin in Serdem refugee camp 

  People of Afrin taking part in courses and seminars organised by the Culture and Arts Council.
• Circassian Association to open in Manbij 

  The association will promote Circassian culture and will open on the anniversary of the liberation of Manbij 
• History looted in Hasankeyf: Artuqid-era Bath moved 

  The Artuqid-era Bath in Hasankeyf has been moved to the Hasankeyf New Cultural Park Area.
• Yazidi House opened in Aleppo 

  Four years have passed since the Shengal genocide. Thousands of Kurdish Yazidis are still living in refugee camps and waiting to return home.
• Art exhibition in Raqqa 

  Art and culture were forbidden during the DAESH occupation in Raqqa city.
• A Syrian musician talks about his pain 

  Musician Ömer Gülcan left Syria and is now living in Antep but dreams of going back to his city, Azaz.
• "How can one be afraid of a cultural festival?" 

  The annual "Culture and Nature Festival Munzur" in Dersim has been banned by the governor. Women from Dersim wonder how one can be so afraid of a festival.
• History Museum in Raqqa to be repaired 

  The centuries-old pieces are being repaired and will be exhibited again.