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Ezidi football player Deniz Undav has signed a long-term contract extension with VfB Stuttgart, keeping him at the Bundesliga club until 2029 with an option for one further year.
The return remains impossible for many Ezidis despite signs of reconstruction, as insecurity, destroyed homes, political uncertainty and lack of rights continue to shape life after genocide.
A Melbourne court has heard new allegations against Zeinab Ahmad, an ISIS-linked Australian woman charged with crimes against humanity over the alleged enslavement of an Ezidi teenager in Syria.
The dispute over the planned solar power plant near Bacînê is no longer an isolated case. Ezidi and Christian villages in Tur Abdin are warning that energy projects are being advanced in…
A response Sheikh Zeido Baadri’s article on the Lalish Cultural and Social Center, questioning the repeated framing of Lalish, Sharfadin, and Ezidi identity through Kurdish nationalist language.
An Ezidi man was found dead in his apartment in Baghdad after relatives lost contact with him. Surveillance footage later helped reveal details of the suspected crime.
Syrian Ezidis have been left without representation in the new Syrian parliament, despite repeated efforts to secure at least one seat. The Syrian Ezidi Council says the exclusion raises serious concerns about…
Concerns are growing in Tur Abdin as renewable energy projects are increasingly planned near historic Syriac and Ezidi villages, raising questions over land, consent, agriculture, water resources, and the future return of…
A new study has found that many male Ezidi survivors who were abducted as boys and forced into IS captivity still lack proper mental health support. Although almost all of the survivors…
Australian authorities have charged two IS-linked women with crimes against humanity and slavery-related offences over the alleged enslavement of an Ezidi woman in Syria. The women, identified in Australian media as Kawsar…
CAMH is offering a free online course to help Canadian health, settlement and social service providers better support the mental health needs of Ezidi refugees. The training focuses on trauma-informed, culturally responsive…
A symposium at the Iraqi Cultural Center in London highlighted Ezidi culture, collective memory, genocide literature and the need for academic and institutional protection of Ezidi heritage and identity.
Armenia’s Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan has warned political forces against discriminatory rhetoric, specifically condemning the use of “Ezidi” as an insult in public and political discourse.
As Armenia’s election campaign reaches Ezidi-populated areas, however, political visits should be welcomed but judged critically. Ezidi citizens must measure every promise against real records, concrete action and long-term commitment to Ezidi…
George Aslan, DEM Party deputy for Mardin, has brought the Bacînê solar power plant case to the rostrum of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, warning that the project threatens the return…
The return of ISIS-linked women and children to Australia has caused fear and distress among Ezidi survivors of the 2014 genocide, raising renewed questions about justice, accountability and survivor protection.
A Moscow round table on cooperation with the People’s Republic of China also included discussion of people’s diplomacy, cultural relations and the ancient history and self-determination struggle of the Ezidi people.
Discover the history, religion, language, and identity of the Ezidis, one of the ancient ethnic peoples of the Middle East. Learn about Sharfadin, Ezdiki, the historical homeland of Ezidis, and the origins…
A published interview about Hawar, Our Banished Children describes Ezidis as “a minority within a minority,” reducing an ancient ethno-religious people to a subgroup of another identity. This wording is not harmless.…
Shaheen Khalaf, the Ezidi journalist from Iraq who gave his life while trying to save a Muslim child from ISIS sniper fire. His sacrifice remains one of the strongest symbols of Ezidi…
