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General Najim al-Jubouri on Ezidi Disaster and Return to Shingal

Written on June 1, 2018 by Editor in Amy L Beam, Iraq, Yazidis

By Amy L Beam: 42-minute Interview with Amy L Beam, May 20, 2018, Mosul, Iraq. (Interview conducted in English with no translation to Arabic. Sorry for poor sound quality.) Amy (A): General Najim, can you explain your position and responsibilities? Najim (N): I am Major General, Commander of Nineveh province. A: What responsibilities does that…

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Gohbal: How Arabs Stole Yezidi Land

Written on January 25, 2017 by Editor in Iraq, Yazidis

By Dr. Amy L. Beam: Human rights activist, Dr. Amy L. Beam, met with Hamad Ajuj, manager of Gohbol village in Shengal, to write this story. This is an excerpt from her forthcoming book, “The Last Yezidi Genocide” I am Hamad Ajuj Murad Barakat. I was born in 1978 in Gohbal. Gohbal is in the…

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Kurdish Peace Activist Ferhat Encu in Prison on Roboski Massacre Anniversary

Written on December 28, 2016 by Editor in Kurdistan, Roboski massacre, Turkey

By Dr. Amy L. Beam: Ferhat Encu is a Kurdish political prisoner and human rights activist from Roboski, Turkey. First the government killed his brother, then they killed their mules, then they killed their horses, then they put Ferhat Encu in prison. But the Turkish government will never succeed in killing 20 million Kurds or…

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Why Daesh Destroyed Yazidis’ Musical Instruments

Written on October 2, 2016 by Editor in Culture, Yazidis

Barakat Ali, professional tambur musician, interviewed by Amy L. Beam: Daesh smashed all the tamburs in Shingal as part of their goal to destroy Yazidi culture. Barakat Ali, professional Yazidi tambur musician from Khanasor, Shingal, explained why in an interview with Amy L. Beam. I have been playing the tambur since I was eleven. Now…

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Innocent Yezidi “Being Held For Her Own Security” in Kurdistan

Written on August 27, 2016 by Editor in KRG, Kurd news, Yazidis

By Dr. Amy L. Beam: The Yezidi woman who has been held since October 2014 in prison in Erbil, along with her child born in prison, went before a judge FINALLY this past week, after activist Amy L. Beam posted the story on her Facebook page, and after Erbil Asayish headquarters threatened Beam not to…

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Ten Shocking Things I Heard in Shingal

Written on July 14, 2016 by Editor in ISIS, Kurdistan, Yazidis

By Dr. Amy L Beam: I visited Shingal four times in April, May and June, 2016. I talked to a lot of people in Sinony, in tents on the mountain, and living in Shingal (Sinjar) city on the south side. I am trying to understand how I can help the displaced Ezidis and also the…

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The West’s Immoral Refusal To Rescue Ezidi Women

Written on June 9, 2016 by Editor in ISIS, KRG, UK, UN, USA, Yazidis

By Dr. Amy L. Beam: On June 2, 2016, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon addressed the UN Security Council on sexual violence in conflict.  He stated “It is estimated that the Ezidi community gave the Islamic State up to $45 million in ransom payments in 2014 alone.” It is irresponsible for the UN Secretary General…

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Yazidi Girl Blinded on Her Final Escape from Daesh

Written on May 15, 2016 by Editor in ISIS, Kurd news, Women's rights, Yazidis

By Dr. Amy L. Beam: Eighteen-year-old Lamya Haji Bishar was captured by Daesh (ISIS) on August 15, 2014, when they attacked her village of Kocho on the southeast side of Shengal Mountain. She was immediately separated from her mother and held in Tal Afar for 20 months before her escape was organized. Her 12-year-old brother…

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Amerikalı Yazar Türkiye’ye Girişi Yasaklandı

Written on March 8, 2015 by Editor in Democracy, Human rights, Journalism, Kurdistan, Turkey

Dr. Amy L. Beam: Amerika’da bir söz vardır: “Vereceğin ceza, suça uygun olsun”. Türkiye’de çok uzun süredir bu özdeyişin tam tersi geçerli: Önce ceza geliyor, ardından suçlama. Son yıllarda Türkiye’de gerçekleri söylemek en büyük suçlardan biri haline geldi. Ama cezalandırma her zaman gizli bir şekilde gerçekleştiriliyor: Ya “oturma izninizin süresi doldu” gibi sıradan bir nedene…

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Sirnak Saves Yezidi Refugees without Ankara’s Help

Written on September 22, 2014 by Editor in ISIS, Kurdistan, Refugees, Turkey, Yazidis

By Amy L. Beam, Ed.D: “I watched Daash (Islamic State terrorists) kill my son. Three men with long swords chopped him across the back of his neck.  I have two sons and eight daughters.  We were trapped on Sinjar Mountain with no food or water.  On the third day, my eldest son, Said Namer (age…

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Turkish Government Refuses Humanitarian Aid to Yezidi Refugees

Written on September 21, 2014 by Editor in ISIS, Kurdistan, Turkey, Yazidis

By Amy L. Beam, Ed.D: Since the Islamic State terrorists invaded Shengal (also known as Sinjar) in Iraq on August 3, an estimated 27,000 Yezidis have fled with the clothes on their backs to the safety of Turkey.  At least 21,000 were guided on foot by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to the mountain pass…

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Conditions in 11 Yezidi Refugee Camps in Turkey

Written on September 17, 2014 by Editor in Kurd news, Kurdistan, Refugees, Yazidis

By Amy L. Beam: Between Sept. 3 – 14, I visited the Yezidi refugees in their camps from Roboski to Diyarbakir.  Yezidis fled from Shengal, Iraq, when Islamic State forces attacked them on August 3-4.   There was a population between 700,000 and one million Yezidis living in the Shengal region in northeast Iraq on the…

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Yezidis Beg for United Nations Help in Diyarbakir

Written on September 16, 2014 by Editor in Kurd news, Kurdistan, Refugees, Yazidis

By Amy L. Beam, Ed.D: On Sept. 15, I got an urgent call from an Yezidi in the Diyarbakir Shengal refugee camp.  He reported their situation is dire without enough food, and he begged me to come there and tell the world of their plight.  There are 4,500 Yezidis camping under open skies in Fidanlik…

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PKK Refused Money from Yezidis Fleeing ISIS

Written on September 14, 2014 by Editor in ISIS, Kurdistan, PKK, Refugees, Turkey, Yazidis

By Amy L Beam: An estimated 25,000 Yezidi refugees fleeing the Islamic State (IS or ISIS) attack of their homeland in Shengal, Iraq, have fled through the mountains to Roboski, Turkey (North Kurdistan).   They have been sheltered and fed by Kurds from Roboski north to Diyarbakir and west to Mardin. I have visited ten Yezidi…

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Traumatized Ezidis Share Tragic Stories at Hilal School in North Kurdistan

Written on September 9, 2014 by Editor in Iraq, Kurd news, Kurdistan, Refugees, Turkey, Yazidis

By Amy L. Beam, Ed.D: I was planning on attending a wedding, not a funeral, this week in the village of Hilal. A Kurdish wedding is a grand, carnival-like, three-day community event with outdoor music, dancing, and eating from morning ’til midnight.  But the wedding was cancelled. It would be an affront to flaunt a…

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