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The Shengal Yezidi Conundrum

Written on December 15, 2016 by Editor in Iraq, KRG, Kurdistan, Yazidis

By Amy L. Beam: CONUNDRUM: a dilemma without a solution. Since the genocidal attack by Daesh (Islamic State) upon Yezidis in August 2014, I have asked every Yezidi whom I meet what he or she thinks is the solution for their future in Shengal. Their demoralized answer is unanimous: “There is no solution. Shengal can’t…

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Escaped Yazidi Girl Pleads with UK Parliamentarians to Rescue Kidnapped Women and Children

Written on March 14, 2016 by Editor in Genocide, Iraq, ISIS, Kurd news, UK, Yazidis

By Dr. Amy L. Beam: Salwa Khalaf Rasho, an 18-year-old Yezidi who escaped Islamic State captivity after eight months, met today in London in several private meetings to plead for help in rescuing over 3100 Yezidis still kidnapped by ISIS. She was accompanied to the meetings with activists Jemal Bailoz Shaveshyan, Dr. Amy L. Beam,…

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France Grants Asylum to Yezidi Families under President Macron’s Promise

Written on December 24, 2018 by Editor in France, Yazidis

By Dr. Amy L. Beam: The widow and daughters of the Ezidi Progress Party leader, Waad Hamad Mato (DoB 1967), arrived in Paris December 20, 2018, after four years of being rejected for asylum by other countries. They were on the first plane of 20 Yezidi families promised asylum by French President Macron in response…

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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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Appeal to United States Congress and Friends To Grant Asylum and In-country Assistant to Yezidis of Iraq

Written on March 23, 2017 by Editor in KRG, Yazidis

By Dr. Amy L. Beam: Human rights advocate and author of forthcoming book “The Last Yezidi Genocide”; Founder and Executive Director, AAJ humanitarian organization in Kurdistan, Iraq The Yezidis are a non-Muslim religious minority who were brutally attacked in Shengal, Iraq, by the Islamic State (ISIS or Daesh) on August 3 and 15, 2014. The…

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Kidnapped Yezidi Boys Forced by ISIS To Be Suicide Bombers

Written on February 18, 2017 by Editor in Amy L Beam, ISIS, Yazidis

By Amy L. Beam: ISIS (Daesh or Islamic State) recently released another propaganda video with the intent to inflict maximum pain to Yezidis. In the video are two Yezidi boys who were allegedly used as suicide bombers. The boys denounce their parents and Yezidis as infidels. They state they would explode themselves among the infidels….

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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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ISIS Survivor’s Cry For Help Falls On Deaf Ears At The U.N.

Written on September 25, 2016 by Editor in ISIS, KRG, Kurdistan, UN, Women's rights, Yazidis

By Dr. Amy L. Beam: Nadia Murad’s mother and six of her brothers were shot and killed in mass executions when ISIS attacked her village of Kocho, Shingal, Iraq, August 15, 2014. The wife and child of her brother who survived six bullet wounds are still missing. Twenty-four-year-old Nadia Murad escaped her torturers. Between 9,000…

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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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Yazidi Translators’ Treacherous Escape from Shingal to Germany

Written on December 13, 2015 by Editor in Iraq, ISIS, Kurd news, Kurdistan, Syria, Yazidis

By Dr. Amy L. Beam: Nayf’s Journey At daybreak, December 8, one of my Yazidi translators, Nayf, landed safely in the Greek Island of Chios in a rubber boat with his fiancée and her family of six. This was their second attempt after failing to make it to Kos Island from Bodrum last week. They…

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