Nurcan Baysal: being a Yazidi means to be destined for massacre 1 Working for NGOs for years, Nurcan Baysal wrote a book for giving voice to women and not letting that horrible massacre to be forgotten. “73rd Decree” (“Ezidiler: 73. Ferman Katliam ve Kurtuluş”) is heavy, but it is nothing compared to what women, men […]
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Yazidis: “Kurds have protected us; if we are going to die, we will die together” “We are waiting for our fate” We wake up to a hot day. Fall has not arrived to Silopi as of yet. With its unpaved roads and non-working trucks left on the sides of the roads, Silopi seems to me […]
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Yazidis: 74th Firman
Yazidis: 74thFirman[1] “We were killed not only by ISIS, but also by our neighbors” This is the first time I am going to Iraqi Kurdistan by car. We get to the border very easily; there is no traffic. My friend coming with me says before the attacks of ISIS, there were long queues of trucks, […]