After suspending performances due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the Diyarbakır (Amed) City Theatre has resumed business with a staging of Italian writer Dario Fo’s play Elizabeth: Almost by Chance a Woman.Read More
The Çar û Mar group, formed by four women using four different languages, seeks to amplify the voices of women with poems, music and stories.Read More
GOG, the first Kurdish comic book for children, is being prepared for publication.Read More
The second of the “Voice of the Past: Amida Concerts” took place in Diyarbakır’s Zerzevan Castle on November 13.Read More
The Şanlıurfa Bar Association has announced that the governorship has banned the Kurdish play Bêrû (Faceless).Read More
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Dengbej: The musical preservation of Kurdish myths, testimonies and history
by Eylül Deniz Yaşar – Diyarbakir Dengbêjs have a significant place in Kurdish history, transmitting the pain and the joy of the Kurds over generations through their songs. Memorizing the events of their time, dengbêjs record what they have witnessed, presenting oral histories. When there was no chance for the Kurds to write down what […]Read More
By Ateş Alpar We interviewed documentary filmmaker Selim Yıldız about his films Bîra Mi’têtin/I Remember (which focuses on the Roboski massacre) and Dialog/Dialogue. Yıldız also spoke about the current situation of Kurdish cinema, the role of documentary cinema in Turkey, film festivals, and the challenges of documentary film making.Read More
Under the governance of the North and East Syria Autonomous Administration, Raqqa is one of Syria’s most ancient cities.Read More
Amed City Theatre in Diyarbakir (Amed) is reopening with the play ‘Hema Hema Jin: Elizabeth’ (‘Almost women: Elizabeth’) on 6 November. The theatre was closed due to coronavirus precautions for months.Read More
Savan Abdulrahman – South Kurdistan After nearly one hour of driving, we arrived at Hawraman, Byara. Mr Poet, who we spoke to on the phone and who was to be our guide, told us, “Just come through the Byara entrance and you will find me wearing a Faranji”.Read More
