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An Ezidi family from Duhok has been separated in Turkey after being detained at İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport over allegedly forged travel documents while attempting to reach Europe for their four-year-old son's…
A fire has destroyed 14 tents belonging to displaced Ezidi families at Sharia IDP Camp in Duhok, leaving another group of genocide survivors facing the loss of their temporary homes. No casualties…
An Ezidi man living in displacement in Duhok has developed his own heating and cooling device, turning difficult living conditions into motivation for innovation.
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…
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…
UNESCO Iraq is seeking a senior consultant to lead a project on inventorying and safeguarding Ezidi intangible cultural heritage in Iraq. Applications are open until 26 June 2026.
Ezidis did not choose to live in camps, and they certainly did not choose to become targets of ISIS in 2014. With the current and evident attempts to force Ezidis out, the…
Ezidis in Khanke and Sharia fear that recent land allocations to non-Ezidis could slowly change the demographic makeup of these historic Ezidi areas, threatening their identity, culture, and ancestral lands.
Gülsüme Oğuz’s exhibition brings the experiences of Ezidi women into focus, portraying their journeys of survival, displacement, and resilience through powerful visual storytelling. The works reflect both the immense hardships these women…
Às vésperas das eleições parlamentares do Iraque, os Ezidis buscam uma representação genuína após anos de deslocamento e marginalização. Com a formação da Aliança da Causa Ezidi, candidatos de Shingal e Duhok…
Ezidi’s in Irak eisen bij de verkiezingen van 11 november meer dan één quota-zetel. Met de Ezidi Cause Alliance streven ze naar bredere vertegenwoordiging, politieke erkenning en de wederopbouw van Shingal na…
Duhok FC removed the sacred Ezidi sun symbol from their new shirt under pressure from Islamist voices. Eleven years after the 2014 genocide, hatred and cultural erasure persist, and the Ezidi identity…
The Ezidi people endured brutal attacks in 2014 when ISIS forcibly displaced them from their ancestral homeland in northern Iraq, killing and enslaving thousands. ISIS falsely accused the Ezidis—whose ancient religion, Sharfadin,…
On March 3, 2025, 42 Ezidi families, displaced during the 2014 ISIS onslaught, returned to their homeland in Shengal after living for over a decade in Çem Mişko Camp in Duhok. The…
El informe de diciembre de 2024 de la ACNUR sobre sus operaciones en la Gobernación de Duhok ofrece una visión general de la situación humanitaria para los refugiados, solicitantes de asilo y…
The UNHCR’s December 2024 report on its operations in Dohuk Governorate provides an overview of the humanitarian situation for refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the region. Dohuk remains…
The Yezidis are an ethno-religious minority with the majority speaking Kurmanji, one of the main Kurdish dialects, according to researchers. Geographically, they are classified as a dispersed minority in demographic centres where…
I år i august vil det være 10 år siden, at IS angreb Sinjar, begik grusomme forbrydelser og tvang flere hundrede tusinde Ezidier til at forlade deres forfædres land. Indtil i dag…
This year in August it will be 10 years since the IS attacked Sinjar, committed heinous crimes, and forced several hundred thousand Ezidis to leave their ancestral land. To this day it’s…
