Dersim Zerevan
Directing
- Born
- February 10, 1980 (age 46)
Jihan Asaad Sheikhmous (Dersim Zerevan) was born on February 10, 1980 in Qamishlo, Rojava. She is the second child of a family of 8 children, 3 girls and 5 boys. Her activism for social justice started secondary school. She was on the frontlines of the social movements against the persecution of the Kurds by the Syrian regime between 1996-2000.
She started to compile guerrilla memoirs and poems at the Literature School in early 2000s. Afterwards, she made researches on Zilan (Zeynep Kınacı) for about three years and prepared a novel in Arabic.
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She started cinema as a student of Halil Dağ (Halil İbrahim Uysal) after 2004. Her first movie as a director was a documentary about Kurdish revolutionary Sakine Cansız, Sara, my whole life was a struggle.
Her second movie was Rûpelên Sor. In 2019, she made a film in Shengal about the Yazidis.
Known for
Behind the camera5
- 2025Knights of Shengal Director
- 2022Letters from Shengal Director
- 2021Red Pages Director
- 2015Sara - My Whole Life Was a Struggle Director
- 2006Bêrîtan Writer
Acting1
- 2006Bêrîtan