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Forensic teams have begun reopening a burial site beside the Sharfadin Shrine in northern Shingal to identify Ezidi victims of the 2014 genocide whose remains were reburied without DNA testing more than…
Iraq’s First Deputy Speaker, Adnan Faihan Al-Dulaimi, met with parliamentary and institutional representatives on Sunday, 20 September, to discuss a proposed first amendment to the Ezidi Female Survivors Law and its provisions…
Choosing another religion is one thing. Using that choice to humiliate Ezidis and demonise their sacred places is another. When someone creates demonic fantasies about Ezidi temples, spreads false theories about Sharfadin…
More than 30,000 displaced people have returned to Shingal and nearby areas, Iraq’s Ministry of Migration and Displacement said on 16 September. Around 19,000 families, most of them Ezidi, remain in 16…
Ezidi software engineer Hazim Avdal is the sole inventor named on a U.S. patent for estimating the cost of database queries. Granted on 5 May 2026, the patent is assigned to cybersecurity…
“May this day once again bring us together at our sacred sites.” An invitation from Aknalich calls families to gather at Quba heft Mere Diwane around the faith and traditions that connect…
Around a backgammon board, competition and friendship go hand in hand. In Vladimir, the Ezidi organisation Mesopotamia has spent more than a decade bringing different peoples to the table, with a story…
Murad Ismael has welcomed an announcement that YBŞ fighters will surrender weapons and eligible members will enter official security institutions. His position is broadly consistent with earlier calls for formal integration—but the…
Who gets to decide Shengal’s future? Iraqi MP Murad Ismail has rejected the formation of a high-level government committee dealing with the district, saying Ezidi representatives and local residents were not sufficiently…
Twelve years after the genocide committed against the Ezidi people, European courts continue to pursue IS members for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. In a recent Timeline episode, Free Yezidi…
Iraq is considering a major restructuring that could change how Ezidi religious affairs and properties are administered. A proposal under discussion in Baghdad would place the state body responsible for Ezidi affairs…
For generations, the hereditary groups of Şêx, Pîr and Mirîd have been misunderstood by outsiders and too often reduced to the misleading label of a “caste system.” A recent Deutschlandfunk episode gives…
Hundreds of Ezidis marched in Sinûnê after Baghdad discussed Shengal’s future without local representation. The protest brought a clear warning: military administration and efforts to weaken local defence forces cannot replace political…
More than a decade after ISIS’s genocide against the Ezidi people, Nadia Murad’s new memoir asks what it means to build a life after survival. In an Oxford conversation with Amal Clooney,…
A 48-year-old Iraqi man went on trial in Munich on 8 September 2026, accused of membership in Islamic State. Prosecutors allege that he worked for the organisation and later served as a…
Renewed talks over Shengal’s security and administration have drawn opposition from the Shengal People’s Assembly, which says Ezidi representatives were excluded from a Baghdad meeting on 1 September 2026. The Assembly is…
Thousands of Ezidis gathered in Shengal for Jimai Sharfadin, a two-day religious celebration bringing together families from across the area for ceremonies, traditional dress and collective worship. Twelve years after the genocide,…
4 September marks Ezidi Flag Day, honouring the Ezdixan flag and remembering the Ezidi fighters who defended their people and homeland against IS. The observance brings together national identity and remembrance of…
On 1 September 2026, Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council announced that the Al-Karkh First Investigative Court had completed interrogations of 5,704 suspected IS members transferred from north-east Syria to Iraq. The investigation has…
Pari Ibrahim, founder and director of the Free Ezidi Foundation, appeared on WORLD Radio’s WORLD History Book segment to speak about the 2014 Ezidi Genocide, the missing and the continued threat posed…
