Sometimes It’s Ezidi, Sometimes It’s Kurdish Ezidi – Journalistic Propaganda in Action

When Did the Ezidi Victims of Genocide Become Kurds? Rudaw and their active Kurdish propaganda is an insult to all journalists

Since when did the women, children, and men who suffered through the horrors of the 2014 Ezidi genocide suddenly become “Kurds”? According to Kurdish media — especially Rudaw — it seems the answer is: whenever it suits a political narrative.

Since when did the female victims of the Ezidi genocide of 2014 become Kurds?

Soon enough, the genocide will be referenced as the “Kurdish genocide of 2014”.

_{Source: “Iraq kicks off compensation program for Yazidi survivors of ISIS” released by Rudaw 8 May 2025.}

With alarming consistency, Rudaw and other Kurdish outlets insert the term “Kurdish Ezidis” into their headlines and reports, framing the Ezidi people not as a distinct ethnic and religious group, but as an extension of Kurdish identity. This is not journalism — this is appropriation. This is propaganda.

Every time Rudaw publishes “Kurdish Ezidi,” they contribute to a deliberate campaign of identity distortion. They rewrite reality to align with nationalist ambitions, not historical truth. The Ezidi people — whose faith is Sharfadin and whose roots predate Kurdish identity by centuries — are being reduced to a footnote in someone else’s narrative.

Ezidis were targeted because they are Ezidis. Not Kurds. The perpetrators of the 2014 genocide knew that. The world knew that. But now, years later, Rudaw would have the public believe otherwise. If this continues, we are not far from seeing the genocide itself rebranded as the “Kurdish genocide of 2014.” A complete erasure of truth, memory, and dignity.

Let’s be clear: calling Ezidis “Kurdish Ezidis” is not an act of inclusion. It’s an act of appropriation. It denies the Ezidi people their own voice, their own history, and their own identity. And any media outlet participating in that distortion — especially one as influential as Rudaw — must be held responsible.

Journalism is supposed to speak truth to power, not bend truth to serve power.