Culture – NYKCC

Kurdish Cinema Talks

Kurdish Cinema Talk podcast, episode 1: Mano Khalil

“I Flew You Stayed” by Mizgin Müjde Arslan

Ibrahim Selman, filmmaker

Kurdish Cuisine

Pêzgeha Filiz Goçucu

Filiz Gocucu Makes Sir/Babiko

“My Life, My Food, My Kurdistan” by Chiman Zebari

Kurdish Culture Centers

“Bridging Identities”

Kurdistan Center for Arts and Culture (KCAC)

Komeleya Rojavayê Kurdistan

Kurdish Literature

Our next Book Club meets March 7—in person and via Zoom

“Lingering Faith” by Alisha Walat

“Every Fire You Tend” by Sema Kaygusuz

Kurdish Music

“Sacred Music of Kurdistan,” Ali Akbar Moradi and Pejman Hadadi

Sidar Çapik, musician

Aram Tigran, Armenian musician (1934-2009)

Kurdish Poetry

Hussein Habash, poetry, March 30

Goran in Two English Translations

“The City of My Heart” (poem) by Kamel Emami

Kurdish Visual Art

Tigris river

Rojava Solidarity Benefit

Shadi Harouni, artist talk, Cambridge MA, November 12

Leyla Yenirce, painter

Kurdish Theater

Cansu Karabiyik, Kurdish comedian

“I will dance with those oak trees as long as,” January 13-15, 27

Diane Edgecomb, storyteller