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Remembering Cigerxwîn

Photograph of Kurdish writers gathered around the grave of the Kurdish poet and author Cigerxwîn in Qamişlo, Syria, in 2013. The first three people standing on the left are:...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:01/01/2013
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Seminar in Silêmani

Photograph of members of the Kurdish Centre at a seminar in Silêmani, Iraq, in 2013. From left to right are: Şêxmûs Sefer, president (2013-16) and honorary president (2019-); Dilşa...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:01/01/2013
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Poetry event with Ebdulla Peşêw

Photograph of Kurdish poets, writers, and members of the Kurdish Centre gathered after a poetry event that was held in the city of Batman and town of Hasankeyf in...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:01/01/2014
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Civil Society Programme Anthologies

Photograph of several copies of an anthology that was compiled and published by the Kurdish Centre in 2018. This anthology was produced as a result of a Civil Society...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:01/01/2018
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Cegerxwîn Cultural Centre

Photograph of workers installing the name of the Cegerxwîn Kültür Merkezi (Cegerxwîn Cultural Centre) on the Centre's building in Diyarbakir-Amed in 2014. This Centre was named after the Kurdish...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:01/01/2014
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Kurdish Centre event in Erbil

Photograph of members of the Kurdish Centre at a seminar held in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, in March 2015. From left to right are: Dilşa Yûsûf, chair of the Kurdish...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:01/03/2015
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Broken Ehmedê Xanî statue plinth

Photograph of the empty plinth that once held a statue of the Kurdish poet Ehmedê Xanî. This statue, which stood in in Doğubayazıt-Bazîd, was torn down by Turkish authorities...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:[2017]
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Peace Conference in Diyarbakır-Amed

Photograph of panellists at the PEN 2016 Peace Conference in Diyarbakır-Amed, which was held on 25 September in Turkish, Kurdish and English. From left to right are: Halil Ibrahim...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:25/09/2016
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Eugene Schoulgin at Peace Conference

Photograph of Eugene Schoulgin, member of the Norwegian and Swedish Centres, president of the Writers in Prison Committee (2000-04), international secretary (2007-10), and vice-president of PEN International, speaking at...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:25/09/2016
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Hands from the statue of Ehmedê Xanî

Photograph of stone hands broken off from a sculpture of the Kurdish poet Ehmedê Xanî. This statue, which stood in Doğubayazıt-Bazîd, was torn down by Turkish authorities on 26...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:[2017]
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Civil Society Programme Anthology

Front and back covers of an anthology compiled and published by the Kurdish Centre in 2018. This anthology was produced as a result of a Civil Society Programme held...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:01/01/2018
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Statue of Ehmedê Xanî

Photograph of a statue of the Kurdish poet Ehmedê Xanî. This statue, which stood in Doğubayazıt-Bazîd, was torn down by Turkish authorities on 26 June 2017, as part of...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:[2017]
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Four Board members in 2013

Photograph of members of the Kurdish Centre's new Board, after being elected during the Centre's 8th Conference, which took place in Diyarbakir-Amed on 18-19 May 2013. From left to...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:20/05/2013
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Civil Society Programme in Duhok

Photograph of participants and facilitators at a workshop held as part of a Civil Society Programme in Xanke camp in Duhok. From 2017-18 the Kurdish Centre, in collaboration with...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:01/01/2018
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Young Civil Society Programme participants

Photograph of Civil Society Programme participants at a writing workshop. From 2017-18 the Kurdish Centre, in collaboration with PEN International, ran creative writing workshops for young people and women...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:01/01/2018
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Bêrîvan Doskî and Lucina Kathmann

Photograph of Bêrîvan Doskî, on the left, vice-president (2013-16) co-president (2016-19) and honorary president (2019-) of the Kurdish Centre, onstage with Lucina Kathmann, on the right, vice-president and treasurer...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:19/05/2013
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Kurdish Centre's new Board 2013

Photograph of the Kurdish Centre's Board in 2013, after they were newly elected during the Centre's 8th Conference, which took place in Diyarbakir-Amed on 18-19 May 2013. From left...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:20/05/2013
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Kurdish Centre meeting in Oldenburg

Photograph of PEN members at the Kurdish Centre's 10th annual general meeting, which was held in OIdenburg, Germany, on 22 June 2019. At this meeting a new Board was...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:22/06/2019
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The Kurdish Centre's 10th meeting

Photograph of Kurdish Centre members and associates outside the Yezidische Gemeinde-Mala Êzîdiyan (Yazidi Community Centre) in Oldenburg, Germany. The Kurdish Centre gathered here for the their 10th annual general...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:22/06/2019
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Bêrîvan Doskî onstage at 10th meeting

Photograph of Bêrîvan Doskî, vice-president (2013-16) co-president (2016-19) and honorary president (2019-) of the Kurdish Centre, speaking onstage at the Kurdish Centre's 10th annual general meeting, which took place...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:22/06/2019
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Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2013

Photograph of Kurdish Centre members standing outside the Kurdish Centre in Diyarbakir-Amed. Bêrîvan Doskî, vice-president (2013-16) co-president (2016-19) and honorary president (2019-) of the Kurdish Centre, is standing in...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:15/11/2013
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78th PEN Congress group photograph

Photograph of PEN members and delegates at the 78th PEN International Congress in Gyeongju, Korea, 2012, which took place from 10-14 September and was titled Literature, Media and Human...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:14/09/2012
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Outside Casa Azul in Mexico City

Photograph of PEN members standing outside the Frida Kahlo Museum (also known as La Caza Azul) in Mexico City. This photograph was most likely taken when members gathered for...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:01/06/2003
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Meeting Syrian writers in Qamishlo

Photograph of Kurdish Centre members with Syrian writers standing outside the Saziya Zimanê Kurdî (Kurdish Language Institute) in Qamishlo. Among them are Omer Fîdan, fourth from the left, secretary...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:01/09/2013
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Kurdish Centre Board at 9th meeting

Photograph of Kurdish Centre members at the Kurdish Centre's 9th annual general meeting, which took place on 15 May 2016 in Diyarbakir-Amed. At this meeting a new Executive Board...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:15/05/2016
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Centre members at 9th meeting

Photograph of Kurdish Centre members at the Kurdish Centre's 9th annual general meeting, which took place on 15 May 2016 in Diyarbakir-Amed. At this meeting a new Executive Board...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:15/05/2016
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Jiří Dědeček at Kurdish Centre meeting

Photograph of Jiří Dědeček, president of the Czech Centre (2009-), speaking at the Kurdish Centre's 8th annual general meeting, which took place in Diyarbakir-Amed on 18-19 May 2013. Bêrîvan...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:19/05/2013
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Kurdish Centre members at the 8th meeting

Photograph of Kurdish Centre members seated on stage at the Centre's 8th annual general meeting, which took place in Diyarbakir-Amed on 18-19 May 2013. From left to right, with...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:19/05/2013
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Audience at the 8th meeting

Photograph of the audience at the Kurdish Centre's 8th annual general meeting, which took place in Diyarbakir-Amed on 18-19 May 2013. This photograph was taken by the Kurdish photographer...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:19/05/2013
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PEN Members in Hasankeyf

Photograph of PEN members sharing lunch together in the ancient town of Hasankeyf. Among them are Bêrîvan Doskî, second from the right, vice-president (2013-16) co-president (2016-19) and honorary president...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:25/03/2005
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8th Kurdish Centre Annual Meeting

Photograph of PEN members and associates gathered for the Kurdish Centre's 8th annual general meeting, which took place in Diyarbakir-Amed on 18-19 May 2013. Significantly, this was the first...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:19/05/2013
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Kurdish Centre new Executive Board 2013

Photograph of the newly elected Kurdish Centre's Executive Board on stage at the Centre's 8th annual general meeting, which took place in Diyarbakir-Amed on 18-19 May 2013. Significantly, this...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:19/05/2013
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Kurdish Centre members in Prague

Photograph of PEN members at a meeting that was hosted by the Czech Centre and took place at Restaurant Na Vlachovce in Prague on 27-29 April 2006. Zerdeşt Haco,...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:29/04/2006
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Kurdish Centre at Cultural Diversity Seminar

Photograph of Kurdish Centre members seated at a seminar that was titled The International PEN Diyarbakir Seminar on Cultural Diversity. This seminar was organised by PEN International in collaboration...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:25/03/2005
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Kurdish Centre cabinets after attack

Photograph wall cabinets at the Kurdish Centre's offices, which have been broken open and raided. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur Amed-Diyarbakir were...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:[2016]
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Zerdeşt Haco in Prague

Photograph of Zerdeşt Haco, president (1999-2013) and honorary president (2016-) of the Kurdish Centre, standing and addressing the room from behind a table. This photograph was taken at a...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:29/04/2006
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Raided wall cabinets at Kurdish Centre

Photograph wall cabinets at the Kurdish Centre's offices, which have been broken open and raided. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur Amed-Diyarbakir were...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:[2016]
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Damaged documents at the Kurdish Centre

Photograph of scattered files and documents on the floor of the Kurdish Centre's offices. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur Amed-Diyarbakir were attacked...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:[2016]
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Scattered files and overturned desks

Photograph of scattered files and overturned furniture on the floor of the Kurdish Centre's offices. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur Amed-Diyarbakir were...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:[2016]
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Damaged furniture at Kurdish Centre

Photograph of damaged cabinets and overturned furniture in the Kurdish Centre's offices. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur Amed-Diyarbakir were attacked and raided....

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:[2016]
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Damaged cabinets at Kurdish Centre

Photograph of raided cabinets and overturned furniture in the Kurdish Centre's offices. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur Amed-Diyarbakir were attacked and raided....

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:[2016]
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Destruction in Kurdish Centre offices

Photograph of damaged cabinets and desks in the Kudish Centre's offices. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur Amed-Diyarbakir were attacked and raided. This...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:[2016]
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Damaged interiors of Kurdish Centre

Photograph of the damaged interior room of the Kurdish Centre, showing fire damage to furniture and walls. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:[2016]
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Kurdish Centre stairwell and doorway

Photograph of the stairwell at the Kurdish Centre looking down onto a shattered door at the entrance. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:[2016]
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Raided inner room of Kurdish Centre

Photograph of the raided and damaged interior room of the Kurdish Centre. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur Amed-Diyarbakir, were attacked and raided....

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:[2016]
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Fire damage at Kurdish Centre

Photograph of the raided and damaged interior room of the Kurdish Centre, showing fire damage to its benches. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:[2016]
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Destroyed office at Kurdish Centre

Photograph of the raided and damaged interior room of the Kurdish Centre. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur Amed-Diyarbakir were attacked and raided....

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:[2016]
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Kurdish Centre's shattered entrance

Photograph of the Kurdish Centre's shattered entrance door beneath the Centre's name plaque. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur Amed-Diyarbakir were attacked and...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:[2016]
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Attack on the Kurdish Centre

Photograph of the Kurdish Centre's damaged offices, showing a shattered doorway above and blown out windows below. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:[2016]
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Broken windows and sculpture

Photograph of a damaged sculpture and broken windows outside the Kurdish Centre. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur Amed-Diyarbakir were attacked and raided....

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:[2016]
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Kurdish Centre courtyard after attack

Photograph of the courtyard outside the Kurdish Centre. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur Amed-Diyarbakir were attacked and raided. This took place during...

PEN centre:Kurdish Centre  (Navenda PENa Kurd)
Date:[2016]
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Damaged sculptures outside Kurdish Centre

Photograph of two damaged sculptures and a broken instrument lying in the courtyard of the Kurdish Centre. On 2 February 2016, the offices of the Kurdish Centre in Sur...