The Kurdistan in America podcast is honored to have Mr. Hadi Pir as its guest in the seventh episode of Season Three.
This special episode comes just one week before the 8th anniversary of the genocide committed by ISIS, or Daesh, against the Yazidis in 2014.
On August 3, 2014, members of the terrorist organization Daesh, also known as ISIS, unleashed a savage attack against Yazidis in the Sinjar district, massacring 5,000 Yazidi men and abducting about 7,000 Yazidi women and girls; close to 3,000 are still in captivity, and their fate is unknown.
Over 400,000 Yazidis were displaced from their homes, and close to 220,000 remain displaced today, living mainly in IDP camps across the Kurdistan Region; thousands more have taken refuge in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia.
Mr. Hadi Pir is the Vice-President and Co-Founder of Yazda, an international NGO supporting the Yazidi survivors of genocide. He is also a doctoral student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
The discussion is centered on the Yazidi culture, the genocide committed by ISIS, and the current situation with the Yazidi community, especially the displaced people from the Sinjar region.
The Kurdistan Regional Government Representation in the United States extends its condolences to all the victims of genocide and wishes them success in seeking justice, accountability, and upholding their culture and faith.