.jpg)
By Manish Rai: The Syria conflict has sparked the world’s largest humanitarian crisis since World War II. Humanitarian needs continue to rise, population displacements are increasing, and an entire generation of children is being exposed to war and violence, increasingly deprived of basic services, education and protection. The increasing intensity of the war, failing diplomacy…
By Yara Kamaran Ismael: ‘Help Akre Refugee Camp’ is a fundraising campaign that seeks to provide the needy families of Akre camp in Kurdistan with hygiene kits that will last them for two months. Each kit costs approximately $6. This campaign is based in California and conducted by Kurds living outside of the country. Kurdistan…
By Dr. Amy L. Beam: On June 26, 2015, Shengal Yezidis from refugee camps in southeast Turkey, began a mass exodus to the Bulgarian border. They were hopeful of leaving Turkey and entering Bulgaria or camping out between borders to gain the attention of the international community. They are pleading with countries to open their…
By Dr. Amy L. Beam: Over 400 Yazidi girls and women have escaped from the armed group calling itself the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria and made their way to Dohuk in northern Iraq. Some have been bought back for ransoms. Since their kidnapping last August 2014 from their homes in Shingal, Iraq,…
By Amy L. Beam, Ed.D: Faisal Mahmud Kharow is an Ezidi from Shingal, Iraq. Twelve members of his family were mercilessly executed and 22 females and a ten-day-old infant boy were kidnapped on August 3, 2014, during the genocidal attack on Shingal by Islamic State gangs. I interviewed Faisal in Germany, where he now lives…
By Amy L. Beam, Ed.D: Turkey let 200 Ezidis refugees from Diyarbakir Fidanlik Park camp leave Turkey without any documents. They chartered 3 buses and rode 30 hours to the Bulgarian border arriving on Dec. 21 before dark. By early the next morning, they were imprisoned. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin…
By Carla Mufid: On my recent visit to my homeland Kurdistan I decided that, as it was Ramadan, I should give back to my community by helping those who are less fortunate than me. I did this by applying to be a volunteer at a Kurdish charity, which helps children all over Iraq, called Kurdistan…
By Dr. Sherzad Al-Khalifa: Just imagine yourself: You have a house to return to every day, you prepare your children in the morning to go to school; you make food for the family; you feed them when they come back home; you have a TV and you wait for your favourite programme; you cover yourself at night with a warm blanket; you…
By Amy L. Beam, Ed.D: As reported by ekurd.net Nov. 20, the European Parliament held a special conference to address the Yazidi refugees (also spelled Ezidi) who suffered a genocidal attack on Aug. 3, 2014, by the Islamic State (also referred to as Daesh, ISIS, and ISID). The European Parliament passed the following Resolution: Urgent assistance…
By Amy L. Beam, Ed.D: Mass Exodus of Iraqi Yazidis to Turkey On August 3, 2014, the Islamic State (also referred to as Daesh or ISIS) attacked the Yazidis’ (also spelled Ezidis’) homeland in Shengal, Iraq, on the northwest border with Syria. This is the 74th documented massacre against the Yazidis who are neither Muslim…
By Rescue4Children: Rescue4Children charity auction event will be raising funds towards humanitarian aid for refugee children and internally displaced families living in the various camps of Iraqi-Kurdistan and Syria Thursday 20 November Saint Mary’s Church – Stoke Newington Church Street, London N16 9ES Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it…
By Yasin Aziz: ‘The refuge we all seek is protection from forces which wrench us away from the security and comfort, physical and mental, which give dignity and meaning to human existence’ Aung San Suu Kyi Exile from country, family, social life, the atmosphere one is used to for many years: the warm social relations,…
By Amy L. Beam, Ed.D: Ezidis living in refugee camps in Turkey or certain areas in Iraq can now travel to the Iraq Consulate General in Istanbul to apply for an Iraqi passport. When the Islamic State (Daesh) gangs attacked their towns and villages on August 3-4, 2014, in Shingal, northeast Iraq, they ran for…
By Aras Ahmed Mhamad: An inside look at the lives of refugees and internally displaced persons in Iraqi Kurdistan. This article was first published by Fair Observer Iraq’s Kurdistan region is thought to be hosting approximately 1.4 million internally displaced persons (IDP) and refugees. This number is expected to rise due to ongoing instability in Syrian Kurdistan and Iraq’s Nineveh province, especially…
By Amy L. Beam, Ed.D: Four-year-old Waleed was born blind. When the Islamic State gangs attacked Shingal, Iraq, on August 3, 2014, his family fled on foot to Mount Shingal along with 70,000 other Ezidis. They were stranded on the mountain for eight days until the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) opened an escape route for…
