
Cemile Sahin, artist, filmmaker, author
Cemile Sahin was born in 1990 to Kurdish parents who had fled to Germany. She studied fine art at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London and

Cemile Sahin was born in 1990 to Kurdish parents who had fled to Germany. She studied fine art at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London and

Ziya Aydin (1954- ) is a Kurdish painter and master stained glass artist living in France. He was born in Dersim and studied at the School of Fine Arts in
Demirtaş’s 2017 short story collection “Seher,” published in English in 2018 as “Dawn”


Mem û Zîn (Mem and Zin) is foundational text of Kurdish literature. An epic tale, it likely originated around 1450 and was handed down over the generations by dengbêj, or traditional
“The Last Pomegranate Tree” by Bachtyar Ali
