CULTURE - ART

"Hêsa" documentary that tells story of women who were murdered and raped by ISIS mercenaries, and their struggle for freedom, won the Best Documentary Award at the Los Angeles Independent Women's Film Festival (LA).

Under the slogan "It is time to build the democratic nation culture ", The seventh Conference of Mesopotamian Movement for Democratic Culture and Art will be launched today, with attendance 200 delegates.

 The Directorate of Antiquities in the Autonomous Administration of Afrin organized a seminar entitled "The destruction and theft of human cultural heritage in Afrin... the most dangerous Turkish game", with the aim of conveying the true picture of the crimes of the Turkish occupation against the culture and history of occupied Afrin.

Kurds' Notables is a history book co-authored by Bahjet Ahmed and Narine Umar that sheds light on the lives of some 24 Kurdish personages that played major roles in the Kurdish, Eastern and World literatures.

Intellectuals and writers in Rojava confirmed their support for the Kurdish language campaign that was launched in Northern Kurdistan, and said that this campaign is a source of pride for them.

Preparations are under way for the fifth edition of the Martyr Herekol Book Fair scheduled next July with a wider participation by publishing houses from Kurdistan and a number of Arab countries.

The Antiquities Directorate of Afrin region denounced the Turkish occupation state's targeting, with artillery, the archaeological Kaluta Castle in Sherawa district, which is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, and it appealed to the Security Council and the relevant organizations to stop Turkish violations with regard to archaeological sites.

The components of al-Hasakah affirmed that Turkey cutting off water is another war waged by the occupation against the peoples of the region and the democratic project in particular with the aim of thwarting and eliminating it.

The Intellectuals' Union in Al-Jazira region organized a symposium, under the title "Rojava Revolution, Achievements, Fears, How to Defend Achievements," in Al-Khaima Park in Tel Tamr district.

KNK congratulated the Kurdish Language Day, stressing that it was important to increase cultural and linguistic awareness among people: "Protection of the Kurdish language is a national duty of Kurd and Kurdistan."

Turkey's reducing the Euphrates River level has caused more than 30 water purification stations to go out of service, due to the decay of the river's drying up of areas in it, and millions of people have no access of drinking water, especially with the advent of summer.

An activity was held by the Culture Body in the Jazira Canton to honor Kurdish singer  Faris Bavê Firaz as a tribute to his efforts in the service of the Kurdish folklore in 50 years.