Hêja Netirk is a Kurdish multidisciplinary artist - singer, songwriter, actress and producer. We discussed traditional views on female artists, living in exile and how music acted as a revolutionary force for her - both against the Turkish state and her family which had deep rooted sexism which often stood in her way when she was developing her craft.

In 2017, Zehra Doğan was sentenced to 2 years, 9 months and 22 days of prison by the Turkish state for her art work, which was deemed as ‘terrorist propaganda’…

Hepse Xanî Neqîb was a Kurdish feminist and nationalist who founded the first girls school in Iraq and South Kurdistan.