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Giorgi (“George”) Gigauri reflects on whether displacement, migration, and integration may threaten the long-term survival of the Ezidi people by weakening the bonds between identity, memory, and ancestral place.
Georgia’s 2024 census shows that the country’s Ezidi population decreased by 7 percent over the past decade, falling from 12,174 people in 2014 to 11,324 in 2024.
Khalid Sido Aziz, head of the Ezidi bloc in the Iraqi Parliament, says thousands of Ezidis still suffer from the psychological and physical effects of ISIS crimes, while mass graves, missing persons…
A new petition launched by Layal Duran calls on German and European political decision-makers to officially recognize Ezidis as an independent people with their own religious, cultural and historical identity.
The return of ISIS-associated individuals to Australia has renewed difficult questions about justice, accountability, and survivor recognition. From an Ezidi perspective, the issue is not only about national security or legal process,…
On International Children’s Day, Ezidi Times extends its thoughts to all children affected by war, displacement, and hardship, with special attention to Ezidi children still living in camps in Iraq and growing…
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.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad is set to release her new memoir, I Choose My Beginning, in fall 2026, focusing on rebuilding life after genocide and reclaiming her voice beyond past…
The Mayor of Lincoln Nebraska, Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird, has signed a proclamation declaring April as Ezidi Recognition Month, acknowledging the presence of Ezidis in the city.
In 2023, Ezidi Times published an article raising concerns about a Kurdish singer using Ezidi traditional clothing in a music video and presenting it as “Kurdish.” The video shows women in Ezidi…
A new report reveals a sharp rise in suicide cases in Mosul and Shingal, exposing the deepening psychological and social struggles faced by the Ezidi people and other minorities. Between January and…
In a significant step toward holding perpetrators accountable, an Iraqi court has sentenced a former ISIS member to death for his involvement in the kidnapping of Ezidis during the 2014 genocide in…
Trial Against Couple Accused of Enslaving and Abusing Ezidi Children Under IS to Begin Tomorrow in Munich (München), Germany, for keeping two Ezidi girls aged five and twelve under the rule of…
