Wednesday, February 01, 2023 Nadia Murad and Angelina Jolie made a joint visit to the Sinjar region of northern Iraq to mark progress made to redevelop the region and highlight the needs of survivors eight years after the Yazidi genocide at the hands of the Islamic State (ISIS). The pair spent a day visiting Nadia’s village, her former school, and her childhood...
Memorializing the victims of genocide is essential to the Yazidi community, many of whom remain displaced within Iraq more than eight years later. The final design for the cemetery and memorial was selected through extensive consultations with survivors both displaced and returned and aims not only to honor those who were lost, but also to act as a catalyst for the...
As part of her wider visit to the region and to attend the inauguration of the Yazidi Genocide Memorial, Nadia Murad met His Excellency Nechirvan Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region, Iraq (KRI) on Thursday 19th October. A central theme of Nadia Murad’s speech at the memorial ceremony was the importance of finding and rescuing the 2,000 Yazidi women and...