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Russian lawyer Yuri Nabiyev has built his political career around Kurdish nationalism while repeatedly referring to himself as an “Ezidi Kurd.” This opinion article examines the contradictions in his public statements and…
The Ezidi Cause Alliance met with representatives of the German Embassy in Baghdad to discuss Sinjar, asylum, justice for genocide victims, reconstruction, and future cooperation between Germany and the Ezidi people.
German journalist and humanitarian worker Thomas von der Osten-Sacken argues that the ideology of ISIS leaves little room for surprise about its choice of targets. Drawing on years of work with survivors…
A photo exhibition commemorating the 12th anniversary of the Ezidi Genocide will be held on 3 August 2026 at the Ezidi Cultural Centre in Tbilisi, Georgia. The exhibition will honour the victims…
Former Iraqi MP Moha Khalil has warned that anti-Ezidi hate speech is preserving the ideology that produced the 2014 genocide. His comments follow renewed controversy over the media treatment of an Ezidi…
The Ezidi Youth Association in Australia will host a public commemoration in Toowoomba on 3 August 2026 to mark the 12th anniversary of the Ezidi Genocide. The event will honour the victims,…
An Austrian woman of Bosnian herring who voluntarily joined isis is being portrayed as the victim of her own story, while the victims of the terrorist organisation she joined remain largely forgotten.…
One week before the annual commemoration of the Ezidi Genocide, Young Lions of the Caliphate: A Stolen Childhood documents how ISIS abducted, forcibly converted and militarised Ezidi boys. Yet its value is…
Ezidi survivors have delivered testimony documenting the mass killings, abductions, forced conversions and enslavement carried out during the 2014 genocide. Their accounts renew demands for criminal accountability as thousands remain missing and…
Lamara Mirangi has repeatedly displayed paintings of Ezidi children, traditional clothing and sacred Sharfadin imagery in exhibitions and political settings that present them as Kurdish culture. Her public statements, partnerships with Kurdish…
The International Ezidi Theological Academy has completed the first academic year for its third student cohort. Thirteen students from Georgia, France, Germany and Iraq completed courses in religious studies, philosophy, Middle Eastern…
An opinion piece by Ibrahim Yazidi Shankal argues that the KDP used the fear created by the 2007 Sinjar bombings to recruit Ezidi youth, restrict movement and place local recruits inside security…
Nineveh police have arrested a doctor at Mosul’s Republican Hospital after anti-Ezidi social-media posts triggered widespread anger and calls for legal action. The Iraqi judiciary ordered his detention under Article 202 while…
Reports published in July used [“Yazidi”] as hostile references connected to Yazid ibn Muawiya, although neither report concerned the Ezidi people. Ezidi Times calls on Ezidis to reject imposed spellings beginning with…
Four tents were destroyed after a fire broke out at the Sheikhan displacement camp in Duhok on 21 July 2026. No casualties were reported, but several Ezidi families lost their shelters and…
Inas K., an Ezidi student who survived the 2014 genocide and years of displacement, has shared her journey from Sinjar to higher education in Germany and the United States.
A delegation of Ezidi representatives visited Batman Governor Ekrem Canalp ahead of a ceremony connected to the restoration of the Sheikh Evinda sacred site in Beşiri.
Twelve years after the Ezidi genocide, many survivors remain in displacement camps in Iraq, while Ezidi families in Europe continue to face deportation despite unresolved insecurity, trauma and the absence of a…
A young Ezidi refugee who survived two years of ISIS captivity has rebuilt his life in Toowoomba, Australia, where he now teaches English and works as a qualified football referee.
A youth delegation from Iraq visited the Sultan Ezid Temple and the International Ezidi Theological Academy in Tbilisi on 13 July as part of the Ezdikhan Fellowship programme.
