Minority Profile: Iraq's Yazidi

Art by Amanj Amin

Yazidis count seventy-two genocides against their community in the 18th and 19th centuries, prior to the seventy-third attempt in 2014 by ISIS.

The United Nations determined in June 2016 that Yazidis were victims of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes committed by ISIS.

Men and women who survived these crimes are plagued with symptoms of severe trauma and face unemployment, poverty, and homelessness.