Roj Women’s Association offers an array of women-only courses for Kurdish and Turkish-speaking women. Roj Women continues to endeavour to meet some of the needs identified in a recent consultation on Kurdish women’s needs in London. For this purpose we are again providing with a number of women-only free courses for Kurdish and Turkish-speaking women. These [...]
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Roj Women’s courses for women in London
Posted in Arts & Culture, tagged Kurdish women courses on November 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Aynur yarım konseri Sezen’le tamamlayacak
Posted in Arts & Culture, women's rights Turkey, tagged Aynur Dogan, Kardes Turkuler, Sezen Aksu on August 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Kardeş türküler söylenecek Source: Demokrat Haber Kardeş Türküler, 14 Eylül akşamı Harbiye Açıkhava Tiyatrosu’nda gerçekleştirecekleri ‘Yeni Bir Gün’ adlı konserde Sezen Aksu, Arto Tunçboyacıyan ve Ara Dinkjian ile birlikte sahne alacak. Aynı gece Kürtçe müziğin önemli yorumcusu Aynur, Açıkhava’da geçen ay ‘yarım kalan’ k
A Harbiye Concert and The Kurdish Issue
Posted in Arts & Culture, tagged Aynur Dogan on July 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
During the “Women of Water” concert, friday night at Harbiye’s Open Air Theatre, a group of Turks protested against Kurdish singer Aynur for singing in Kurdish. She was forced to cut her performance short and left after the third song. Source: BIA “We are from Cuba. We are musicians”, said Javier Limón who is actually from Spain. [...]
8th Kurdish Women Festival in London
Posted in Arts & Culture, Kurdish women, Violence against women, tagged Kurdish Women Festival, Zilan's Women Festival on June 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Roj Women’s Assembly is proud to announce the 8th Zilan’s Kurdish Women Festival this year. Program 24/06/2011 at 18.00 Panel discussion: No! To women massacre! Speaker: Lawyer/Women Rights Activist Reyhan Yalcindag Baydemir 25/06/2011 at 15.00 Day of culture and art: Women’s choir Sinevision Folk dance Traditional women’s clothes show 26/06/2011 at 15.00 Concert: Rojda Ciwan Haco Deniz Deman Koma Sersi Wenge Dur
UPDATE: Danish court lift ban on Roj TV accounts
Posted in Arts & Culture, Political Activism, tagged Roj TV on October 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Danish court in Copenhagen upheld the objection by the Kurdish satellite TV and lifted the freezing on the TV station ban accounts which had been requested by the Danish prosecutor office. There is no legal reasoning behind the freezing of Roj TV’s bank accounts, pronounced the chief judge. The court also stated that Roj TV broadcastings [...]
Kusturica quits Antalya saying reactions to his being in the jury “barbaric and primitive”
Posted in Arts & Culture, tagged Antalya, Emir Kusturica, Serbian film director on October 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Serbian director leaves Antalya pointing out political interference by minister of culture ANF / NEWS DESK “A person who has dedicated his life to opening new horizons to humanity cannot be supportive of any kind of crime. … I am known to be anti-imperialist. I have built my life and profession on this basis. … [...]
Chief Editor of Kurdish-Turkish women magazine detained since March 2010
Posted in Arts & Culture, Political Activism, Political prisoners, tagged Diyarbakir E Type Prison, Gurbet Çakar, Rengê Hevîya Jinê on October 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Gurbet Çakar, editorial manager of the Kurdish-Turkish women magazine Rengê Hevîya Jinê, has been in detention for three months. A Diyarbakir court decided to extend her detention for at least 20 days. She had previously been sentenced to more than three years in jail. Source: Kurd NetDIYARBAKIR In the hearing on 10 June, the Diyarbakir 5th High Criminal [...]
The first Kurdish Film Festival opens in Ireland today
Posted in Arts & Culture, tagged Ireland, Kurdish Film Festival on October 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Kurdish Film Festival will be organized in Carrick on Shannon in Ireland between 1-3 Octobers. Besides full- and short-length films and documentaries, a panel discussion will be held at the festival about the problems of Kurdish movie. ANF / CARRICK ON SHANNON The Irish, who have much in common with the Kurds in terms of political [...]
Sezen Aksu: I am from Izmir, I was born in Hasankeyf
Posted in Arts & Culture, Environmental crimes, tagged Let’s keep Hasankeyf alive”campaign, Sezen Aksu, UNESCO on September 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Among the artists who gave signature to “Let’s keep Hasankeyf alive”campaign of Nature Association, Sezen Aksu supported the campaign by saying “I am from İzmir, I was born in Hasankeyf” on the campaign advertisements. Source: ANF Hasankeyf The campaign, which was started by Nature Association with the declaration of UNESCO as world heritage, was signed [...]
18th International Festival of Culture Culture in Cologne
Posted in Arts & Culture, tagged 18th International Festival of Culture Culture in Cologne, The 18th International Festival of Kurdish Culture on September 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The 18th International Festival of Kurdish Culture will be held on 18th September 2010 in Cologne. Kurdish Info 03.09.2010 – We publicize YEKKOMs Declaration on 18th International Festival of Kurdish Culture with title ” ‘FREEDOM FOR ÖCALAN – PEACE IN KURDISTAN -SECURING OUR EXISTENCE AND WINNING OUR FREEDOM’: After the tragic incident at the Love Parade in Duisburg in [...]
