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Marginalization policies and lack of justice… The Yezidis of Sheikhan
After spending nearly four decades in Sheikhan, Hadi Dubbani (57 years old) left the country with his family, leaving the Yezidi town located north of Mosul to settle in Germany, as did dozens of his relatives. He says in a choked voice: "ISIS destroyed everything for us, it turned our lives upside down. I even left the land I never imagined I would leave. Many things pushed us to this decision: security, fear for the future, discrimination, and the absence of justice." Dubbani, who held the position of director of the Yezidi Endowment in Duhok Governorate in the Kurdistan Region…
Ten years after the ISIS attack… Why do the Yazidis
Ten years have passed since the genocide of the Yazidis by ISIS, hundreds of conferences have been held and thousands of articles have been written, but societal ignorance of the Yazidi religion and misinformation about its adherents are still widespread, which provokes hostile attitudes towards them and rejection of their rituals, which in turn creates hate speech that represents a source of danger to peaceful coexistence in Iraq. The accusation of “devil worship” and the claim of following the Umayyad Caliph Yazid bin Muawiyah is part of the false information that is spreading about the Yazidi religion in Iraqi society.…
Power struggle in Thi Qar met with reform protests
Protests erupt in Thi Qar over unemployment, corruption, and poor services.
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“They Stole our Properties, O Supreme Pontiff”
Nawzat ShamdeenL/Iraqi Journalist March 2021: As Pope Francis travels through Iraq, Mosul’s Christians hope his visit will draw attention to their precarious situation, which includes the dossier of some 6,000 stolen properties. Unlike most of his family members who remain in exile, 43-year-old Salam Boutros decided to return to Mosul,…
Iraq: They Were Killed Only Because They Were Yazidis
Saman Dawood/Iraqi Journalist February 2021: Finding the remains of the victims and reburying them is a positive step, yet “just the beginning.” There are dozens of mass graves in Sinjar. The village of Kocho near Mount Sinjar, located some 80 kilometer west of Mosul, had prepared the coffins to welcome…
?Iraq: But What to Do with the Children
Maisar Aladani April 14, 2021: The Yazidi Women Survivors Law is a victory, yet many question marks remain. Will the law be implemented or remain ink on paper? How will the land be distributed? And what to do with the children born as a result of rape? On August 10,…
Nineveh, Iraq: What Has ‘Coronavirus’ Done to Us?
Suicide, unemployment, domestic violence and the abandonment of children
Mosul: Home Prisons and Metal Chains Afflict the Mentally Disturbed
Abdel-Muhaimen Bassil/ Iraqi Journalist July 2020: Marwan has been living with the chains under the strict censorship of his parents for nearly three years. He is imprisoned in a narrow basement under the house in the center of Mosul (405 Km north of Baghdad). Sometimes he cries, sometimes he laughs.…
Sinjar: From a Homeland of Coexistence to the land of
Nawzat Shamdeen “After 70 Genocides, which we resisted and survived, we are closer today than ever to being broken and lost,” says Khadr Ali, trying to prevent himself from crying while looking at the ruins of the destroyed ancient city. Near the entrance to the displaced persons camp in Sharya…
Iraqi Protest Squares prepare for a Million People March after
Ali Al-Zaidan – Iraqi journalist April 2020April 2020 “We are waiting for the curfew and lockdown to end, and for the nature of the new government to become clear, to launch another wave of demonstrations. We have no other choice …” Muhammad al-Yasiri (24 years old) sits on a concrete…
Poverty, Unemployment and Fear … Corona turns the Lives of
Nawzat Shamin – Iraqi journalist April 2020 “Where is the government? We feel ashamed in front of our families and children, and I do not trust the virus will end. They were talking about days, but we have been under lockdown for more than a month. It has been one…
