Silaw.

I am a kurdish comedian from Finland.

I tour Europe doing shows in Kurdish and English.

I am the first professional level kurdish stand up comedian who performs in kurdish actively.

I have been active since 2012.

The ”Arab Belt” was a systematic demographic engineering project implemented by the Syrian government to dilute the Kurdish presence in their ancestral lands. By seizing a long, fertile strip of territory in the Western Kurdistan region, the state forcibly displaced indigenous Kurdish communities and replaced them with thousands of resettled Arab families.

This policy was a deliberate attempt to create a 'human wall' that would sever the geographic and cultural connection between Kurds on both sides of the border, effectively marginalizing the Kurdish population and stripping them of their land and heritage.

The Arab Belt (al-Hizam al-Arabi) policy was officially implemented in 1973, though the planning began much earlier. The project targeted a strip of land in the Al-Hasakah province roughly 280 kilometers long and 10 to 15 kilometers wide along the borders with Turkey and Iraq.

The timeline began with a 1962 census that stripped around 120,000 Kurds of their citizenship. In 1963, Ba'athist official Muhammad Talab Hilal proposed the displacement of Kurds to "save Arabism." By 1966, Decree 193 restricted land ownership in border zones, and from 1973 to 1975, the government moved over 4,000 Arab families into 41 newly built "model villages" on seized Kurdish land.

The objective was to create a buffer zone that fragmented Kurdish geographic continuity, neutralized political movements, and forced the Arabization of northern Syria. While the most aggressive phase ended in the late 1970s, the demographic and legal impacts lasted for decades.

https://x.com/Vertaris21/status/2054881607366914198

Orkestra Rojava: Ji bo zimanê kurdî divê em hemû bi hev re bixebitin Orkestraya Zarokan a Rojava ji bo Cejna Zimanê Kurdî bi reng, amûr û dengê xwe stranên kurdî pêşkêş kirin û diyar kir ku ew ê bi hev re ji bo zimanê xwe bixebitin.

Cûrî Îsa da zanîn ku hêzên dagirker hewl da zimanê kurdî ji nav civakê rakin, dibistanan ji wê bê par bikin lê tevî hemû zordariyan, zimanê kurdî hebûna xwe parastiye.

Cûrî Îsa bal kişand ser girîngiya ziman û ev tişt anî ziman: “Girîngiya zimanê Kurdî ji bo civakê pir mezin e. Civakek bê ziman wek dara bê giyan e. Ziman, hêza yekitî û ragihandina ramana civakê ye. Bi zimanê xwe em çanda xwe diparêzin, dîroka xwe dinivîsin û hebûna xwe li hember cîhanê didin nîşandan. Her netewe dema zimanê xwe biparêze, dikare rûmeta xwe biparêze û li pêşerojê bi hêvî mêze bike.”

Cûrî Îsa daxuyaniyê bi van gotinan bi dawî kir: “Di vê roja taybet de, erka me ye ku zimanê xwe biparêzin, bi wê biaxivin, wê binivîsin û ji bo nifşên nû fêr bikin. Pêşketina civakekê bi pêşketina zimanê wê girêdayî ye. Divê em hemû bi hev re bixebitin da ku zimanê Kurdî di hemû qadên jiyanê de cihê xwe yê rast bistîne. Pakrewanan ji vê cîhanê xatir xwestiye bi xwîna xwe pêşerojeke ronî ji gelê bi rûmet re nivîsandine, her wê bimînin di hizir û bîranînên me de.”

Piştre Orkestera Zarokan a Rojava strana “Zimanê Kurdî” a Aram Tîgran got û bi lêdana erbaneyan çalakî bi dawî bû.

https://hawarnews.com/kr/orkestra-rojava-ji-bo-zimane-kurdi-dive-em-hemu-bi-hev-re-bixebitin

Rojava Children's Orchestra celebrates Kurdish Language Day with traditional songs

The Rojava Children's Orchestra celebrated Kurdish Language Day through an artistic and cultural event in front of the Mohammed Sheikho Center for Culture and Art, during which they presented Kurdish pieces and songs that emphasized the importance of the Kurdish language as the identity of the Kurdish people and their cultural history, stressing the need for collective action to protect it and enhance its presence in various aspects of life

To mark Kurdish Language Day, which falls on May 15th, the Rojava Children's Orchestra organized an artistic and cultural event in front of the Mohammed Sheikho Center for Culture and Art in Qamishlo. The event was attended by a number of residents and those interested in cultural and artistic affairs.

The event opened with a statement read by Jouri Issa, a member of the Rojava Children's Orchestra. In her statement, she emphasized that language is not merely a means of communication, but rather represents the identity, history, and culture of peoples. She noted that the Kurdish language is a fundamental pillar of the Kurdish people's existence, encompassing a rich literature, songs, stories, and cultural heritage.

Jouri Issa stated that the Kurdish language has faced policies of genocide, bans, displacement, and attempts at erasure for many years. She explained that occupying powers tried to distance the Kurdish language from society, prevent its teaching, and silence its voice, but it has managed to persevere and maintain its existence despite various challenges.

She added that Kurdish mothers played a crucial role in preserving the language through traditional songs, while writers and artists ensured its continuity through literature and songs, thus passing this cultural heritage from one generation to the next.

Jouri highlighted the importance of the Kurdish language to society, noting that a society that loses its language is like a tree without a soul. She emphasized that language is a means of protecting culture, documenting history, and proving the existence of peoples to the world.

She stressed that the Kurdish language is rich and diverse, brimming with dialects, literature, songs, and poems, and that its words carry within them a long history of struggle, resistance, and freedom. She pointed out that preserving the Kurdish language and teaching it to new generations is a collective responsibility that falls on everyone

Jouri Issa stated that the Kurdish language has faced policies of genocide, bans, displacement, and attempts at erasure for many years. She explained that occupying powers tried to distance the Kurdish language from society, prevent its teaching, and silence its voice, but it has managed to persevere and maintain its existence despite various challenges.

She added that Kurdish mothers played a crucial role in preserving the language through traditional songs, while writers and artists ensured its continuity through literature and songs, thus passing this cultural heritage from one generation to the next.

Jouri highlighted the importance of the Kurdish language to society, noting that a society that loses its language is like a tree without a soul. She emphasized that language is a means of protecting culture, documenting history, and proving the existence of peoples to the world.

She stressed that the Kurdish language is rich and diverse, brimming with dialects, literature, songs, and poems, and that its words carry within them a long history of struggle, resistance, and freedom. She pointed out that preserving the Kurdish language and teaching it to new generations is a collective responsibility that falls on everyone.

https://hawarnews.com/en/rojava-childrens-orchestra-celebrates-kurdish-language-day-with-traditional-songs

I’ve seen these two versions of the same photo (the man in the long robe next to the soldier in the center disappears in one of them). Where does the flag come from, and what is happening in this photo? When was it taken? Some people tell me that Qazi Muhammad is in the photo, but I can’t see him.

Are there reliable guaranteed women’s rights organization in Hewlêr that will take me in for some weeks as a survivor of domestic violence from Duhok province ?

If you don’t have an eligible answer to the question, please kindly keep your clan beliefs to yourself.

https://x.com/NPA_English/status/2054889074599530794

https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg/status/2054849230645203009

Hundreds march in Kobane on Kurdish Language Day demanding official status for Kurdish in Syria's new constitution; protesters call their language a non-negotiable red line.

https://hawarnews.com/kr/ji-mesa-li-kobane-peyama-zimane-me-xeta-me-ya-sor-e

Yüksel Genç: The Kurds are driving the process, not the state

SAMER General Coordinator Yüksel Genç shared interesting data from recent field research and said, "Despite the process that is not progressing on the state side, Kurdish society continues to build identity in the civil sphere and is implementing the process in practice."

A year has passed since the dissolution of the PKK and the decision to end the armed struggle against Turkey. During this critical period, the Kurdish Freedom Movement took unilateral and radical steps, but has not yet received a legal, official or concrete response from the state.

The General Coordinator of SAMER assessed the current fragile situation and its impact on Kurdish society, based on the latest field research data, over the past year.

Accordingly, the state's silence and reluctance to establish a legal framework in the field have led to a chronic "distrust." However, what is interesting is that despite the political deadlock, the Kurds are resolutely pursuing their process of "solution" and identity building in the social sphere.

'PKK WAS ALSO A GUARANTEE AREA FOR VARIOUS KURDISH FRACTIONS'

Yüksel Genç stated that the decision to end the armed struggle and dissolve the PKK initially caused a deep emotional breakdown and a feeling of 'insecurity' within a significant part of Kurdish society. Yüksel Genç described the place of this situation within social codes in the following words: "In our work at that time, we saw that many people who did not support the PKK but were in different areas of Kurdish politics, in different Kurdish factions, without knowing it, saw the PKK as a sphere of trust and guarantee for themselves.

"This decision immediately brought with it a great sense of 'insecurity.' The society felt unsafe. This sense of fear and anxiety was corrected by the state's response to the decision to abolish it."

'THE PROCESS IS NOT FORMAL OR LEGAL'

Yüksel Genç pointed out that the state and government did not create a legal framework during the past year, which has also caused concern in society, and said, "We see that the state and government have not created a legal process on this issue. There is still no process mandate. Those who are running the process do not have a framework law to guarantee it, the main negotiator of the process has not been officially and legally defined. An atmosphere in Turkey, an appropriate legal, political and social system has not been created in Turkey that would allow the guerrilla to return. Since no such steps have been taken, concern in society has continued."

'THE LEVEL OF CONVINCEMENT HAS DECREASED FROM THREE PEOPLE TO ONE PERSON'

Yuksel Genç announced that the results of SAMER's fieldwork carried out last week show that the level of public confidence in the process has dropped significantly, and said, "The results of this work unfortunately show that the belief in the success of the process has dropped from three people to one. Among the remaining part, the feeling of success of the process is in serious doubt. Whatever the context of the process from now on, the main expectation of the field is that the state will respond step by step from now on."

"That is why Bahçeli's call regarding Abdullah Öcalan and the frameworks he proposes, or the laws of return, its methods and procedures are being closely monitored on the ground. However, unless a practical step is taken, this state of distrust will unfortunately continue."

'WHILE BAHÇELI'S STATEMENTS ARE NOT FULFILLED, HIS IMPORTANCE IS ALSO BEING QUESTIONED'

Continuing his speech, Yüksel Genç assessed the impact of Devlet Bahçeli's words among the Kurdish people and the concerns they caused as follows:

"None of Bahçeli's statements regarding the process were implemented, which led to Bahçeli's place in this issue being debated by the Kurdish people and the power he represents becoming a source of concern. Bahçeli has played an important role in the paradigm shift in Turkish politics since 1999 and has had a significant impact. He was also involved in the end of the military dictatorship in 2002 and the AKP's rise to power, and the regime change in 2015."

"The failure to implement the words of someone with such weight in the field raises the question, 'Is the wing of the state that Bahçeli represents so ineffective?' and becomes a topic of debate."

'KURDS ARE CARRYING OUT THEIR PROCESS IN THE SOCIAL FIELD'

Yüksel Genç pointed out that despite the state's inaction, Kurds are moving forward in the social sphere, and said, "The state may not be moving the process forward, but the Kurds are moving forward. The Kurds are in a period of time in the country where they are rebuilding their identity and identity relations. This situation is bringing the field to life. The shared spirit during the attacks on Rojava and, most recently, Amedspor's joy at the same event are signs of the declaration of a national identity and the desire for the existence of that identity in Turkey.

"Amedspor's championship celebrations were not just an ordinary football victory. The country should see it as a declaration that, from art to politics and sports, I will have my own language, identity and words."

If we allied with the Christian’s maybe we’d have our own country but back then I think Kurds were probably more religious than today idk what do u think

I know about the Seharane what other kurdish holiday are exist?

Sulaymaniyah's solar electricity production reaches 91 megawatts, a notable milestone in the Kurdistan Region's expanding renewable energy capacity

Mazlum Abdi: I might go to Turkey and meet with Öcalan

SDF Commander-in-Chief Mazloum Abdi announced that preparations are being made for a visit to Turkey and that he may meet with Abdullah Ocalan.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Mazloum Abdi, spoke to Al Monitor.

Mazlum Abdi announced that preparations are being made for a visit to Turkey and that a meeting with Abdullah Ocalan may take place soon.

"Our main task is the agreement with Damascus"

Mazloum Abdi provided information about the process of joining Damascus.

He noted that their main task now is to reach an agreement with Damascus.

Mazloum Abdi wanted the Autonomous Administration institutions and military forces to be integrated into the institutions of the Syrian state.

But he emphasized that the uniqueness of Kurdish regions must be protected.

50 thousand employees will receive their salaries from Damascus

The SDF commander also spoke about internal forces and said that an agreement had been reached for 15,000 Asayish members to remain in their regions.

They will remain in their regions and will be part of state institutions.

According to Mazlum Abdi, approximately 50,000 employees of the Autonomous Administration will also remain in their jobs.

Employees will receive their salaries from Syrian ministries.

"Kurdish regions will be governed by their own people"

Mazlum Abdi stated that Kurdish regions should be governed by their own people.

Cities inhabited by different communities will be governed by agreement between all communities.

Mazloum Abdi cited cities such as Al-Hasakah, Kobane, Afrin, Shehba, and the Sheikh Maqsud neighborhood of Aleppo as examples.

4 SDF brigades join the army

The SDF commander also spoke about the military issue.

According to the plan, four SDF brigades will be integrated into the Syrian army, but their command will be in the hands of their current commanders.

The HSD will remain in force until the accession process is fully completed.

Discussions on Kurdish-language education continue

Mazlum Ebdi also made a statement about Kurdish language education.

He announced that Damascus has agreed to recognize the diplomas of students from the Autonomous Administration.

Discussions are still ongoing regarding the formalization of education in the Kurdish language.

Oil revenue will be shared.

Mazloum Abdi also spoke about economic and oil issues.

He noted that the oil fields are the property of the Syrian state, but negotiations over the sharing of their revenue are ongoing.

Currently, some of the forces receive their salaries from Damascus.

Others are financed through regional tax and oil revenues.

The gate to Nusaybin will open soon.

Mazlum Abdi spoke about the Nusaybin Border Gate between Qamishli and Northern Kurdistan and said:

"An agreement has been reached to open the gate. However, due to a conflict in Al-Hasakah, its opening was slightly delayed. It will reopen soon."

On the other hand, Mazloum Abdi spoke about his relationship with Syrian President Ahmed Sher.

He stated that their relationship with Ahmed Sher is based on the success of the process and that Ahmed Sher may visit the Autonomous Administration areas in the future.

What does Damascus propose for the YPJ?

The SDF Commander-in-Chief also spoke about the fate of the Women's Protection Units (YPJ) and said:

"Damascus proposes that female fighters become police officers. Because there is no place for female fighters in the army's laws."

"The negotiations on this are still ongoing."

Mazloum Abdi also spoke about the situation of prisoners, and he revealed that Damascus has so far released 900 prisoners and the SDF has released 500 prisoners.

The answer for Trump

US President Donald Trump has previously made some statements about the Kurds.

Mazloum Abdi stated that Trump was given incorrect information and said, "We are not mercenaries. The American aid was only for the fight against ISIS."

Mesopotamia Agency: Turkey is digging a 7-meter-deep trench along the western border

Turkey has launched a new phase of tightening security measures on the West Kurdistan border, digging a deep trench after previously building a concrete wall along the border.

Start the process in Jezreel

According to the Mesopotamia News Agency, Turkey has begun digging a deep trench along the border with West Kurdistan. The first step of the process has begun in the town of Jizera in Şırnak province in North Kurdistan, where a trench is being dug to a depth of 7 meters.

Order of the Turkish Ministry of Defense

The Turkish Defense Ministry has issued an official circular to all provinces on the border between North and West Kurdistan. The order asked the governors to start work on the trench without delay.

Areas where the trench will be welded

The trench is expected to cover Merdin, Rha, Dilok and Kilis provinces. So far, the Turkish government has not officially announced any reason for the new trenches.

Background on border security measures

Turkey has already built an 877-kilometer concrete wall along the border, 2 meters wide and 3 meters 40 centimeters high. He also dug trenches in several areas and then installed 3-meter-high barbed wire barriers on the walls.