Pinned
Survivors are often told that our stories begin and end with trauma. I wanted to challenge that. Choosing my own beginning is an act of hope — and an act of resistance. It is my way of saying: what happened to us will not be the final word.
Nadia Murad
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Nadia Murad
@NadiaMuradBasee
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and author of "The Last Girl” | Founder nadiasinitiative.org
- I know I personally experienced the trauma and abuse, but Dr. Mukwege has lived with this for many years, treating women of sexual violence almost on daily bases. My dear friend Dr. Mukwege well deserved this recognition. Proud to be your co-winner! We will continue the fight.
- Ten years ago today, my life and the lives of hundreds of thousands of Yazidis were upended and shattered. Coming together with other survivors a decade later to commemorate the 10th anniversary in Sinjar sends a powerful message to those who sought to eradicate us from our
- After weeks of investigation, I am extremely heartened to report that we have rescued six more Yazidi women who were taken captive by ISIS. The women were still children and teenagers when they were first taken captive in 2014. Trafficked out of Iraq and onto Syria, they were
- In 2014, ISIS took the life of my beloved mother. For 6 long years, I & other survivors were denied the right to bury our loved ones with dignity. Today, I am overwhelmed with emotion as the mass grave where she lays beside other Yazidi women is finally exhumed.
- My niece, Katherine and I, along with thousands of Yazidi women and girls, were taken into captivity by ISIS in 2014. When she was separated from me in Mosul, I didn't get a chance to say goodbye to her. Katherine and other women were held captive by Aslam Taha Al Ubaidi, an
- The first group of Yazidi women & children arrived in Paris tonight. We are grateful to @EmmanuelMacron and the French people for welcoming members of the Yazidi community from Iraq.
00:00 - My statement on winning the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize: nadiasinitiative.org/statements/201…
- After 6 years, I was able to bury the remains of 2 of my brothers. My community of Kocho was able to lay over 100 of our loved ones to rest. This is just the beginning of justice for Yazidis. Thousands of families still wait for the identification & burial of their loved ones.
- Today marks the 5th anniversary of the Yazidi Genocide. Thousands of innocent Yazidis were killed & thousands were taken into slavery, 3000 remain missing. We lost everything, but we never gave up. Yazidis are stronger than the evil ideology of ISIS that wanted to destroy us.
- Ten years ago today, my mother was on one of the last trucks when ISIS took all the women of Kocho into captivity. I'll never forget how she looked. The wind had pushed her white headscarf back on her head, and her dark hair, normally parted neatly down the middle, was wild and
- Turkish-backed militias are silently carrying out a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Yazidis in Afrin, Syria. They are kidnapping women, killing civilians, & destroying houses & shrines. To date, the international community has failed to bring attention to these crimes.
- My mother watched helplessly as her six sons were taken by ISIS to be executed—no mother should ever endure such horror. The following day, she, along with her sister, two nieces, and one nephew, were brutally murdered and buried together in a mass grave. A decade later, like so
- I know what happens when the world loses sight of women & girls in crises. When it looks away, war is waged on women’s bodies. This must not happen in #Afghanistan. The international community must act so that the Taliban doesn't continue to rob women of their rights & freedoms.
