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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.…
An exhibition dedicated to Ezidi heroes of the Great Patriotic War opened at the Yaroslavl History Museum on 7 May. The exhibition presents photographs and stories of Ezidi Red Army soldiers who…
The popularity of Far City [Uzak Şehir] has brought new tourism attention to Midyat. Beyond its stone mansions and filming locations, the district also carries a layered history shaped by different peoples,…
Why are Ezidis still introduced through the false label of “devil worship”? Why are they wrongly presented as part of a Kurdish identity, despite a long history that shows otherwise? And why…
Historic photographs of Ezidi life from the Penn Museum archives are being returned to the Ezidi people through a project focused on memory, heritage, and cultural restoration. The initiative brings together archival…
Historical sources show that Ezidis have long referred to their language as Ezdiki, meaning “the language of the Ezidis.” Kurdish is a new term and is the result of political influence and…
In the late 1980s, during the Armenia–Azerbaijan war, many Kurds left Armenia, openly stating they would not fight against their Muslim brothers. They relocated to Kazakhstan and remained there for decades, removed…
Rudaw påstår att ezider är “kurder”, och upprepar därmed Neçirvan Barzanis och KRG:s långvariga försök att ta över vår identitet. Ezider är en separat etnisk grupp, följare av Sharfadin, med egen historia,…
Rudaw prétend que les Ezidis sont des « Kurdes », répétant la tentative de longue date de Neçirvan Barzani et du KRG de s’approprier notre identité. Les Ezidis constituent un groupe ethnique…
Rudaw claims that Ezidis are “Kurds,” repeating the long-standing attempt by Neçirvan Barzani and the KRG to co-opt our identity. Ezidis are our own people, followers of Sharfadin, with our own history,…
Recent military developments along the Syrian-Iraqi border have drawn significant attention in Sinjar, an area that remains deeply marked by the events of 2014. The arrival and positioning of forces aligned with…
A rare set of 1930s photographs has been uncovered, capturing the daily life, traditions, and sacred sites of the Ezidi people in northern Iraq—preserving moments of a culture nearly erased by history.
The Ezidi Dilşah Dungeon in Van, Turkey, built in the 18th century by Kok Ağa and later overseen by his daughter Dilşah, is now at risk of collapse. Once part of the…
Iraq has begun the long-delayed excavation of the Khasfa mass grave near Mosul, a vast sinkhole where ISIS executed and buried thousands during its rule. Believed to hold at least 4,000 victims…
Humanity walks through history carrying the ashes of its own crimes. Every stone laid at memorials like Tsitsernakaberd whispers of lives extinguished and of promises broken — never again, we say, yet…
Alikelle, Çaldıran, Turkey The cultural and religious heritage of the Ezidi people in eastern Turkey is facing quiet erasure. In the Alikelle district of Çaldıran, ancient Ezidi cemeteries—considered sacred in the Sharfadin faith—are…
It is bizarre, uneducated, and a sign of very low IQ if people think they can decide the ethnic identity of a group based on political bias. An Ezidi is identified through…
Event Details • Location: Palazzo San Daniele, Polo del ‘900, Piazzetta Antonicelli, Turin • Dates: March 1–22, 2025
The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, in partnership with Yazda, hosted the “Nobody’s Listening” Virtual Reality (VR) Exhibition this week to mark the 10th anniversary of the Yezidi genocide. This exhibition brings to…
