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NET Interviews Members of YI Members of Yezidis International in an Interview with NET Radio discuss the importance of the programs they have in Nebraska. “Khalaf says programs like this one have made what can be a lonely transition a bit easier for these women.̶...

The National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia issued a statement on April 8, 2015, in which it states, “Armenia’s diplomatic representatives and legislators have on numerous occasions raised the issue regarding the impressibility of what is occurring and the need to ensure...

The New York Times: ISIS Accused of Genocide United Nations Investigators Accuse ISIS of Genocide Over Attacks on Yazidis GENEVA — United Nations human rights investigators on Thursday leveled accusations of genocide and war crimes at the Islamic State, citing evidence that the...

Raising Awareness with Lincoln Journal Star Gulie Khalaf recalls the optimism with which she approached childhood in a Syrian refugee camp. Her family fled Iraq when Saddam Hussein launched a genocidal campaign against indigenous Yazidis in the country’s northern Kurdish regions....

Raising Awareness Through “Taking Refuge” Most of us – myself included – first heard the term “Yezidi” last summer when ISIS sent thousands from the minority group running to Mount Sinjar, where they encountered death. But, this was not the...

Remarks by the President on Request to Congress for Authorization of Force Against ISIL THE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon.  Today, as part of an international coalition of some 60 nations — including Arab countries — our men and women in uniform continue the fight...

Seeking Help From Hindu Religious/Spirtual Leader The meeting was arranged for the 8th. However, as soon as the security was cleared the Yezidis were told that they were going to have a meeting right then and there. – Honorable Swami Ramdev ji, a religious social political...

Raising Awareness Where the Intellectuals are The plight of the Yezidis rocks JNU campus in India Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is a name synonymous with leftist intellectualism in India. It is also where pseudo-secularism finds its intellectual legitimacy. Pseudo-secularism...

Rally at Washington DC to Help Raise Awareness Yezidis and Hindus from across the US came together at Washington DC to protest the repeated targeting of Yezidis in Middle-East by the terror organisation Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISI...

Raising Awareness with Mosaic Yazidism relies entirely on oral tradition, which made it difficult for Barakat, she said. Like many Yazidi families today who are displaced from Iraq, her parents tried to teach their children about the Yazidi faith in their home. . . Read...