Tel Tamer and Amuda hold events in support of Kurdish Language

The Young Women’s Union, in coordination with the Culture and Arts Center in Tel Tamer, organized a musical evening in support of the Kurdish language at Amad Spor Park in the city’s Tel Ahmar neighborhood.

The evening featured Kurdish-language songs, with participants performing a number of songs reflecting Kurdish heritage and culture in the presence of local residents.

The event was part of cultural activities aimed at supporting the Kurdish language and strengthening its presence in cultural life, while emphasizing the importance of preserving the language and passing it on to future generations.

Meanwhile, the Kongra Star organized a protest today at Saleh Younis School in Amuda, rejecting the Syrian Ministry of Education’s decision to limit Kurdish-language instruction to three classes per week. The participants called for expanding Kurdish-language education and guaranteeing students’ right to learn in their mother tongue.

A number of students and parents, along with the Amuda Council, took part in the event. Participants said that limiting Kurdish-language instruction to three classes per week does not meet students’ needs or guarantee their right to education in their mother tongue.

During the event, K. Star member Jilan Yousif read a statement on the Kurdish language, saying that Kurdish represents the language, history and identity of its people, and that preserving it is linked to the continuity of generations.

The statement called for Kurdish to serve as a primary language of education in areas where Kurds constitute the majority of the population, with education in Kurdish continuing from primary school through university and the necessary books and academic resources being provided.

It also called for students to be guaranteed the right to use Kurdish during official examinations and for the views of students, families and specialists to be taken into account when making decisions related to language education, alongside legal guarantees to protect this right.

The event concluded with participants chanting, “No life without language” and “Our language is our identity.”

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