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Mar 2, 2022

Sipan Murad, a Yazidi girl who was held captive by the Islamic State, at her house in Rottweil, Germany, on Feb. 18, 2022. — Sipan Ajo, a Yazidi girl who was held captive by the Islamic State, at her house in Rottweil, Germany, on Feb. 18, 2022. — Amberin Zaman/Al-Monitor

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Yazidi victims of Islamic State heal wounds, grow independent in Germany

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Yazidis or Kurds? The fight over identity in Armenia and Iraq

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A Yazidi girl catches a scarf in a religious ritual at the Lalish temple in Dahuk, Nov. 17, 2022.

Yazidis in Iraqi Kurdistan face 'extinction,' community leaders say

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Raqqa’s first ever girls’ soccer team poses outside a pitch funded by Norwegian donors, April 25, 2023.

Syrian girls play soccer among ghosts of Islamic State

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture