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• Kurdish Culture in Nuremberg 

  Kurds will organise four days of music, culture and performances in the German city
• Rojava made Kurdish language revival a reality 

  Almost 53 thousand students are being educated through Kurdish in Kobane Canton of Rojava, northern Syria.
• Turkmen association to be opened in Manbij 

  The Turkmen people living in Manbij are opening an association to promote Turkmen culture in the region.
• Ken Loach greets London Kurdish Film Festival 

  The 10th London Kurdish Film Festival (LKFF) opened this year with a gala attended by directors, artists and people.
• Photograph exhibition shows alternative life in Makhmur 

  Demir Sönmez, one of the leading photographers in Geneva, has opened an exhibition at Saint Gervais Theater Center in Geneva.
• Message for Çarşema Sor from the HDP 

  HDP: “We wish the Çarşema Sor holiday, symbolizing new life, becomes a means for the whole of humanity for peace, freedom, justice and fraternity.”
• Message for Çarşema Sor from Shengal 

  The Shengal Êzidî Society Coordination celebrates Çarşema Sor for the Êzidî people.
• "My whole life was a struggle" book appears in English 

  The first volume of the three-part biography of Sakine Cansiz has also been published in English after German and Italian.
• Issue 9 of Jineoloji magazine out 

  The 9th issue of science-theoretical journal Jineoloji, was published. The new issue revolves around the slogan "Science to be developed around women is the first step towards the right sociology".
• Kurdish women at Cannes Film Festival 

  The competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival also features the film “Girls of the Sun” about Kurdish women fighting against DAESH, directed by French director Eva Husson. The film portrays the struggle and resistance of the Kurdish women.
• Kurdish Festival in London is 10 this year 

  The London Kurdish Film Festival (LKKF) will be 10 this year. Writing in Yeni Ozgur Politika, Erem Kansoy gave details of this new edition which will open this Friday 13 April to close on the 22nd.
• Communist writer Daniel Chavarria dies in Havana 

  Daniel Chavarria, great writer and communist, has died on Friday in his beloved Havana. He was born in Uruguay in 1933 but his incredibly adventurous and political life brought him to many shores.
• French writer’s “Kurdish Wheatear” novel wins prize 

  French writer Jean Rolin’s novel “Le traquet kurde” (“The Kurdish Wheatear”) has been awarded the Vialette literature prize. The Kurdish Wheatear is also in the running for the Livre Inter literature competition.
• Akitu - a millennium-old festival in Mesopotamia 

  The Akitu feast of Mesopotamia dates back to 4th millennium BC. and possibly even back to the Neolithic.
• Turkish attack destroys the archaeological site of Brad in Afrin 

  Turkish planes bombed the archaeological site of Brad, 15 km south of Afrin city, which has been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 2011.
• Turkey bans screening of Armenian-Iranian movie 

  Turkish authorities have banned screening of an Armenian-Iranian movie titled ‘Yeva’ after a request from Consulate of Azerbaijan.
• Banksy artwork protests Kurdish journalist Dogan’s imprisonment 

  A huge Banksy artwork appeared in New York to protest the imprisonment of Kurdish journalist and painter Zehra Dogan.
• Jailed Kurdish journalist Zehra Dogan’s art exhibited in Vienna 

  Kurdish artist and journalist Zehra Dogan’s art is being exhibited in Vienna’s Künstlerhaus.
• Eastern Kurdistani director gifts the award to Afrin 

  Eastern Kurdistani director and artist Cemşid Fercwend gifted his award to the Afrin resistance.
• Children’s drama banned for being anti-war 

  A regional education administration in Turkey has banned a children’s play “Environmentalist Rascals” for being “anti-war and anti-violence”.
• “Jiyan” tells the story of women resisting in Rojava 

  “Jiyan”, a film about the freedom struggle of the women resisting in Rojava, will be screened for the first time on March 8.
• Writer sentenced to life receives 3 years for Roboskî 

  Writer serving a life sentence in the Şakran Prison Mehmet Ali Yaşa has been issued 3 years in prison for his book on the Roboskî Massacre, while the publisher was fined 33.000 Liras.
• Kurdish artist Zehra Dogan’s exhibition on tour in Europe 

  Zehra Doğan is a Kurdish artist and journalist currently imprisoned in Diyarbakir prison. Her pictures will be exhibited in several French cities in January.
• “Art Against War” event revives colors in Raqqa 

  The “Art Against War” event in Raqqa has ended with messages of solidarity to SDF forces and people of Raqqa.
• New play from the ‘Mountain Theater’: Tree of Life 

  The guerrilla theater group ‘Şanoya Çiya’ performs their new play ‘Dara Jiyanê’ (Tree of Life) for guerrillas in the mountains.