| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 257 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part I: History of Sinjar and the Genocide. 1. The Sinjar Mountains as a natural space -- 2. Sinjar in ancient times -- 3. From the Islamic conquest to the periphery of the Ottoman Empire -- 4. The religion of the Ezidi -- 5. Social order and religious office-holders of the Ezidi -- 6. The tribal society in Sinjar -- 7. Sinjar in the late Ottoman Empire -- 8. The British occupation and protectorate -- 9. The Ezidi in Iraq -- 10. Resentments against the Ezidi -- 11. Ethno-confessional groups in the Sinjar region -- 12. Sinjar under the rule of the Ba'th Party -- 13. After the fall of Saddam Hussein -- 14. The massacre of 14 August 2007 -- 15. Encircled by jihadists -- 16. The IS genocide in August 2014 -- 17. Genocide -- 18. The reintroduction of slavery and sexual violence -- 19. Struggle for liberation -- 20. The life of the displaced -- 21. Regional conflicts -- 22. Marginalised and instrumentalised -- Part II: Photographs -- Part III: Interviews |
| Summary |
"The persecution of the Yezidis, a religious community originating in Upper Mesopotamia, has been ongoing since at least the 10th century. On 3 August 2014, Islamic State attacked the Yezidi community in Sinjar, Kurdistan. Thousands were enslaved or killed in this genocide, and 100,000 people fled to Mount Sinjar, permanently exiled from their homes. Here, Thomas Schmidinger talks to the Yezidis in Iraq who tell the history of their people, why the genocide happened and how it affects their lives today. This is the first full account of these events, as told by the Yezidis in their own words, to be published in English. The failure of the Kurdistan Peshmerga of the PDK in Iraq to protect the Yezidis is explored, as is the crucial support given by the Syrian-Kurdish YPG. This multi-faceted and important history brings the fight and trauma of the Yezidis back into focus, calling for the world to remember their struggle."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Translated from the German |
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Thomas Schmidinger is a Political Scientist and Cultural Anthropologist based at the University of Vienna. He is Secretary General of the Austrian Association for Kurdish studies |
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Print version record |
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IS (Organization)
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| SUBJECT |
IS (Organization) fast |
| Subject |
Yezidis -- Crimes against -- Iraq -- Kurdistān
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Yezidis -- Interviews
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Genocide -- Iraq -- Kurdistān -- History -- 21st century
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Genocide
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Yezidis
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Iraq -- Kurdistān
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| Genre/Form |
interviews.
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History
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Interviews
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Interviews.
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Interviews.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schiffmann, Michael, translator.
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| ISBN |
9780745346076 |
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0745346073 |
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9780745346090 |
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074534609X |
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