A French heritage report commissioned by President Emmanuel Macron has mentioned Ezidis among endangered peoples whose cultural heritage should be included in wider protection efforts in the Middle East.
The Spiritual Council of Ezidis of Georgia invites Ezidis to join the annual celebration in honour of Quba Siltan Ézid on 14 June 2026.
Nathaniel Brunt, a University of Victoria postdoctoral fellow and documentary photographer, is expanding the SERSAL Project through a Hannah Arendt Fellowship in Germany. The project focuses on digitally preserving the photographic and cultural heritage of Ezidis after genocide.
Ezidi representatives, associations and civil society organisations have called for a full cultural, social and environmental review of planned solar power plant projects near Ezidi villages in Beşiri and Midyat. They warn that the projects could affect return efforts, agricultural land, pastures, cemeteries and cultural memory if implemented without proper consultation.
Courts in Australia and the Netherlands are handling separate cases involving women linked to ISIS. In Melbourne, Zeinab Ahmad is seeking bail while facing slavery-related charges connected to the alleged enslavement of an Ezidi teenager in Raqqa. In The Hague, a Dutch woman has been sentenced to seven years in prison for allowing her minor son to be recruited as an ISIS child-soldier.
A public petition before the Bremen state parliament, submitted by Ezidi genocide survivor Sidan Khudeda, calls for a memorial to the genocide committed against the Ezidi people on 3 August 2014. The proposed monument would honour victims, make survivors visible and create a permanent place of remembrance.
The return remains impossible for many Ezidis despite signs of reconstruction, as insecurity, destroyed homes, political uncertainty and lack of rights continue to shape life after genocide.
A Melbourne court has heard new allegations against Zeinab Ahmad, an ISIS-linked Australian woman charged with crimes against humanity over the alleged enslavement of an Ezidi teenager in Syria.
The dispute over the planned solar power plant near Bacînê is no longer an isolated case. Ezidi and Christian villages in Tur Abdin are warning that energy projects are being advanced in historic village areas without meaningful consent, threatening land, return, agriculture and cultural heritage.
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.
CAMH is offering a free online course to help Canadian health, settlement and social service providers better support the mental health needs of Ezidi refugees. The training focuses on trauma-informed, culturally responsive and gender-sensitive care for survivors of genocide and displacement.
Armenia’s Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan has warned political forces against discriminatory rhetoric, specifically condemning the use of “Ezidi” as an insult in public and political discourse.
As Armenia’s election campaign reaches Ezidi-populated areas, however, political visits should be welcomed but judged critically. Ezidi citizens must measure every promise against real records, concrete action and long-term commitment to Ezidi rights.
Discover the history, religion, language, and identity of the Ezidis, one of the ancient ethnic peoples of the Middle East. Learn about Sharfadin, Ezdiki, the historical homeland of Ezidis, and the origins of Ezidi populations across Iraq, Syria, the Caucasus, and Europe.
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. It erases Ezidi identity, insults peoples who actually live as minorities, and distorts the very genocide the film claims to address.
Residents of the Ezidi village of Bacînê in Midyat have rejected the approval of a solar power plant planned on ancestral pastureland, warning that the project threatens their return, livelihoods, graves, and cultural memory after decades of forced displacement.
After criticism and allegations that Murad Ismael was aligning with Kurdish political actors, the [Yazidi Cause Alliance] has issued a forceful statement rejecting any KDP return to Sinjar. The Alliance says restoring the pre-2014 order would threaten Ezidi security, dignity, and the memory of the genocide victims.
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 fought in major battles during the Second World War.
An Ezidi survivor has been freed after approximately 12 years in ISIS captivity, according to verified sources. Ezidi Times has decided not to publish photographs or footage of her in order to protect her identity, privacy and dignity.
Five-time European Champion Malkhas Amoyan says he feels the support of the Ezidi and Armenian people every second. In an interview with Iravunk.com, the Ezidi wrestler spoke about faith, pressure, illness before the championship and the strength behind his latest gold medal.
