Yazidi victims of Islamic State heal wounds, grow independent in Germany - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Amberin Zaman

Amberin Zaman

Jul 20, 2023

Yasmen and Jan — Islamic State survivor Yasmin with her trauma psychologist Jan Kizilhan at his home in Stuttgart, Germany, July 17, 2023. — Amberin Zaman

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

Sipan Murad, a Yazidi girl who was held captive by the Islamic State, at her house in Rottweil, Germany, on Feb. 18, 2022.

Against all odds, Yazidi girl outlives her top-ranking Islamic State captors

Amberin Zaman

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

Women worshippers stand at the altar, they pray and tie knots in pieces of cloth that represent their wishes, during their visit to the new Yazidi Temple in the village of Aknalich, 35 kilometres from the Armenian capital Yerevan, on October 11, 2019.

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

Amberin Zaman

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

How one Kurdish doctor is helping to treat victims of IS

Sibel Hurtas