A Yazidi woman won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize

YAZIDI WATCH: Nobel peace prize goes to campaigners against sexual violence. Gynaecologist Denis Mukwege and Yazidi campaigner Nadia Murad are jointly awarded (Jason Burke, The Guardian, 5 October 2018).

Murad said: “I share this award with all Yazidis, with all the Iraqis, Kurds and all the minorities and all survivors of sexual violence around the world.

As a survivor, I am grateful for this opportunity to draw international attention to the plight of the Yazidi people who have suffered unimaginable crimes since the genocide by Daesh (Isis).”

I am very surprised that this story didn't show up in my search feeds earlier, but better late than never. PaleoJudaica has been following the Yazidis — an Iraqi minority group that has a Gnosticism-themed religion with ancient roots — before, throughout, and after their brutal persecution by ISIS in 2014. I mentioned Nadia Murad and her lawyer, Amal Clooney, in 2016.

Belated congratulations to Ms. Murad (and to Dr. Mukwege) and to the Yazidi community.

For other posts on the Yazidis, start here and follow the links.

A recent article on them in the Jerusalem Post is here: THE PLIGHT OF THE YAZIDIS. Many Yazidis feel that the world has abandoned them to suffer alone (ANTHONY AVICE DU BUISSON).

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