Our 2026 Events
January 10: Kurdish Haute Couture, a presentation by Lara Dizeyee
March 2: Mayor Mamdani welcomes Kurdish Heritage Month
March 3: KOBANÊ, online film screening
March 4: Ebrahim Alipoor, photographer, interview here
March 5: Ako Ghareeb on the Red Prison Museum, here
March 7: Sener Ozmen, book talk
March 8: International Women’s Day celebration, here
March 9: COMMANDER ARIAN, online film screening
March 10: Lara Dizeyee on Kurdish Haute Couture, here
March 16: Muhammad Muhammad Said on the Halabja Monument, here
March 23: Serwet Aysan demonstrates a Kurdish Alevi dish, here
March 24: Murat Yazar, photographer, interview
March 27: Kamal Soleimani on Fatwa, co-sponsored with Rutgers University Kurdish student club, here
March 28: Newroz reception at Rutgers University, here
March 29: “Threads of Resistance: Kurdish Life and Culture in Rojhelat,” TBA
Our 2025 Events
January 2: Our Book Club discussed The Kurdish Bike by Alesa Lightbourne. 7pm ET via Zoom.
January 5: Screening of Love in the Face of Genocide by Şero Hindê and Jinwar (2024) by Nadia Derwiş. Followed by a Q&A with Derwiş (remote from Rojava). At the Woodbine Center, Ridgewood, Queens.
January 15: Kurdish Cinema Talks, a new podcast series, begins. Episode 1: Mano Khalil.
February 1: Kurdish Cinema Talks, episode 2: Azad Azizyan interviewed Shilan Saadi
February 2: Screening of Neighbors (2021), directed by Mano Khalil, who appeared in person for a Q&A at the Village East by Angelika
February 15: Kurdish Cinema Talks, episode 3: Azad Azizyan interviewed Mehdi Ahmadpourian
March 1-31: Kurdish Heritage Month, third edition
March 4: The Book Club discussed Letters from a Kurd by Kae Bahar.
March 15: Kurdish Cinema Talks podcast, episode 4: Semiha Yildiz interviewed Dilşad Canan.
March 18: Voices of Resistance and Heritage: Stories of Kurdish Women and Culture. A screening of two films and a musical performance at Clemente Center, New York.
March 30: Poetry reading by Hussein Habash at the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung New York Office, New York
April 15: Kurdish Cinema Talks podcast, episode 5: Azad Azizyan interviewed Azad Jannati
May 6: The Book Club discussed All Dogs Die by Cemile Sahin.
June 2: Kurdish Cinema Talks podcast, episode 6: Azad Azizyan interviewed Mozhgan Kavousi.
July 1: The Book Club discussed Ozzy: A Smile for a While by Ibrahim Selman.
September 2: The Book Club discussed Lovers of Franz K., a novel by Burhan Sönmez.
September 20-25: New York Kurdish Film Festival, 9th edition
November 4: The Book Club discussed Every Fire You Tend by Sema Kaygusuz.