art and culture

09:45

Remziye Ehmed, who does not give up on life despite cancer, displays her skills by participating in various exhibitions and festivals in order to forget her illness.

08:58

Arab women living in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, northeast Syria, keep wearing their traditional clothes to preserve their tradition.

08:00

“Beirut the Aftermath” is a documentary directed by Fadia Ahmed telling the suffering of Beirut citizens as well as the psychological effects left by the port explosion on August 4, 2020.

09:15

Jînda Asmen shot a documentary film telling the struggle of journalist Nûjiyan Erhan, who was killed in the attack of the KDP. “Our duty is to tell the lives of revolutionaries. I fulfilled her will,” she said.

14:10

On the 442nd day of their sit-in protest, the Şenyaşar family, granted the Peace and Democracy Award, continues to seek justice in Istanbul.

16:35

A group of Lebanese artists has been holding an exhibition in Beirut. Stating that negative emotions can be overcome through art, women artists note that they try to shed light on the beauty of Beirut.

09:46

Raya Al-Dabbas, a member of the Jordanian Writers Association, stated that women have achieved significant success in the cultural field in Jordan, “They should be empowered in this field.”

14:53

The painting called, “Stories from the Land of Olives" was exhibited in the Berxwedan Camp.

16:35

The first Kurdish Book Fair held in Qamishlo with the participation of many publishing houses to mark the Kurdish Language Day, celebrated every year on May 15, ended yesterday.

14:00

“Age is not a barrier when it comes to learning. If you really want to learn, you can learn,” Emîne Omer, who learned Kurdish despite her advanced age, says.

14:55

Many different small business owners in the Gaza Strip gathered to display their products at the “Palestinian Mirrors 19” exhibition.

12:30

Women of the Kurdistan Region performed a play “Bêdengiyek Tarî (English: A Dark Silence) in Erbil to raise awareness about violence against women.

11:45

First International Handicraft Exhibition was held in Halabja between May 6 and May 8. Women displayed their handmade products at the exhibition.

07:50

“In my paintings, I want to create resistant and combative women and show them to everyone,” painter Canda Ebduelqadir says.

07:45

Mirav Silêman, who discovered her talent at a young age, loves the dengbêj culture and wants to sing and play instruments like Kurdish musicians Mihemed Şêxo, Ziber Salih, and Hozan Dino.

10:51

When Fatma Ayid Mihemed was diagnosed with cancer, she kept painting instead of giving up.

08:00

Wîdad Sîdo, who has been displaced from Afrin to Shahba, has been making a living by sewing local clothes for 40 years. “They want to destroy our culture,” she said and called on women to preserve their culture.

12:15

Miniaturist Abeer Saad El-Dien is the first female miniature artist in Egypt and many Arab countries.

13:40

Palestinian author Najwa Ghanem did a book signing for her book “Wings of Fear” telling the tragedy of Palestinian women and children. The book signing event attracted great attention.

12:45

Two women interior designers Basma Kishko and Rana Al-Kurdi have been friends since their university days in Palestine. They have started an innovative project by combining their theoretical knowledge with their talents in handicrafts.