23 May 2026, 17:00 - 21:0
Gulîstan, Land of Roses
a film by Zaynê Akyol
collective reading with RiseUp4Rojava, film screening, dinner by het Rode Keukentje
hosted by Iliada Charalambous
as part of Assembling in Resistance
The film, produced in 2016 when the battle against ISIS was peaking in the Kurdish territories of Iraq and Syria, follows the women guerillas while training and defending the territories, all while embodying a revolutionary ideal advocating female empowerment. As filmmaker Zaynê Akyol follows their highly regimented lives, seasoned fighters like Rojen and Sozdar openly share with us their most intimate thoughts and dreams.
Amid rocky mountains and arid deserts, they are the future of a people and confidently serve the ideal to which they have dedicated their lives. Offering a window into this largely unknown world, the film also exposes the hidden face of this highly mediatized war: the female, feminist face of a revolutionary group united by a common vision of freedom.
As in today's political climate the situation in Kurdish territories remains critical, we invite you to join us for a collective reading prior to the film screening that can aid us in understanding the politicized culture that keeps the Rojava revolution alive.
This event will be a collaboration with the Red Little Kitchen who will cook a delicious dinner of dolma with pomegranate for us all, part of our fundraising efforts to support the Kurdish Red Cresent
Program:
17:00 – 18:30
Dinner provided on a donation basis by our comrades of the mutual aid collective het Rode Keukentje. All donations will be put towards fundraising efforts for practical solidarity to support the Kurdish Red Cresent
19:00 – 19:30
Collective reading
19:30 – 21:00
Gulîstan, Land of Roses filmscreening
21:00 – 21:30
Discussion
Basecamp runs on a lot of love and little money, please consider donating for your participation, we suggest something in between €3-8
