THE NAME IS TISHREEN, THE SPIRIT KOBANÊ
Since January 8, the society of Northeastern Syria has been resisting the brutal attacks of the Turkish state at the Tishreen Dam in Northern Syria. Videos have been shared of bombs exploding in the middle of a fearless group of civilians dancing and defending their home. A delegation of young internationalist women sent us videos […]
Who are the Ezîdîs ? – One of the oldest ethno-religious communities in the world
The Ezîdî community is a Kurdish-speaking ethno-religious group that originated in Mesopotamia. They are known to follow an ancient religion : the Êzdiyatî or Ezidism, and to have suffered more than 70 genocides and massacres in the course of their history.
10 years after the Ezîdî genocide: what happened in 2014?
In August 2024, we commemorated the Şengal massacre. The invasion and atrocities of that day marked the beginning of a brutal genocidal campaign by ISIS, with the complicity of the KDP and the Turkish state, against the indigenous Ezîdî population in South Kurdistan, Northern Iraq. This latest genocide is marked as the 74th against the Ezîdî people in history.
