Videos

at the memorial website of Kavien Begikhani

Kavien on Video

These eight videos show Kavien presenting, speeching, driving, and partying. Also check out Simon Minks‘ tribute at the end of this page. Click on any thumbnail and use the controls to play a video, pause, adjust the volume, or display at full screen size.


In this very beautiful short movie, filmed in the Hague, the international city of peace and justice, Kavien presents the Nishtiman Youth Network. Kavien explains about his work as the network‘s European representative. The video is recorded in 2017 in front of Leiden University College and the Dutch Parliament building. Also see Nishtiman‘s facebook page (external link).

The next video is the speech Kavien gave at the American University of Kurdistan in Duhok for the third annual Lalish Conference on Peace and Coexistence. Kavien was the moderator of panel II on “Self-determination, conflict resolution and Coexistence.” The panel discussed the effects that Kurdistan’s independence might have on women in the region

Kavien working in a restaurant in The Hague, a side-job next to his studies. Recorded around 2017.

Kavien driving in France, with Awaz, Loe and Rawien, heading towards Luynes near Tours.

In 2016 at The wedding party of Awaz and Loe, Kurdish dancing, also known as “halparke”.

Kavien, driving in Kurdistan, heading towards Duhok for the 2017 Lalish Conference on Peace and Coexistence.

Dancing in the park with friends.

Kurdish dancing at the occasion of Awaz' 50th birthday in the garden of restaurant Vief Heringe, aplace of cultural heritage in Sittard.

Simon Minks‘ Tribute


Simon Minks addressing an (online) international conference in 2022, on the 34th remembrance of Halabja, opening his speech by paying tribute to his two dear friends who had both recently passed away: Kavien and Kees Schaepman.

Link to Audio

The audio fragments can be found on THIS PAGE
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