1. Yazidis
Also known as Yezidi, Ezidi, and Azidi

2. History
6000-years ancient people struggle for existence

3. Yazidi origins

4. History of Yazidi genocides
6000-years ancient people struggle for existence

5. Ottoman Governor of Mosul, Muhammad Pasha al Jalili (1805-1820)
In 1805 in Sheikhan and Sinjar, by the ottoman governor of Mosul, Muhammad Pasha Al Jalili and it continued till 1820s
1832 by Ottoman Army
1844 Ottoman army and Iraqi government
1891 By ottoman army (arrested and killed leaders)
1935 by Iraqi army
Arabization in 1975

6. Al-Qaida Car Bomb Attack (8/14/2007)
4 Car bomb attack on two Yazidi towns
About 600 Yazidi killed
About 1800 wounded
Destruction of the two villages

7. ISIS attack (Aug 3rd 2014)
5,800 – 6,000 Yazidis killed
Over 6,000 abducted

9. Over 200,000 fled to the Mountain

11. The entire community was straintened in the mountain for weeks

12. As a result additional hundreds died from thirst and starvation

13. A corridor was created for them to flee to Kurdistan

14. Crossing Tigris river in Northern Iraq

15. Over 350,000 Yazidis in displaced to refugee camps

16. Families have volnurable to flood and burning
Yazidi displaced to tents that are not resistible to harsh weather conditions

17. More than 40 temples were destroyed

19. More than 50% of the homes destroyed

20. Over 2,000 people are still missing
Majority of them are women and children
Most of these missing people believed to be in Syria

21. Yazda advocacy & Humanitarian work www.Yazda.org

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