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Nadia Murad Basee Taha (Kurdish: نادیە موراد بەسێ تەھا; Arabic: نادية مراد باسي طه; born 10 March 1993) is an Iraqi-born Yazidi human rights activist based in Germany. In 2014, as part of the Yazidi genocide by the Islamic State, she was abducted from her hometown of Kocho in Iraq and much of her community was massacred. After losing most of her family, Murad was held as an Islamic State sex slave for three months, alongside thousands of other Yazidi women ...
Nadia Murad grew up in the village of Kojo in northern Iraq. She is a member of the Yazidi minority. Yazidis are an ancient ethno-religious group. In 2014, militants from the Islamic State (IS) conquered Kojo and massacred several hundred men and elderly women. The IS claimed that the Yazidi were devil worshippers who had to be exterminated.
Nadia Murad (born 1993, Kawjū (Kocho), Iraq) is a Yazīdī human rights activist who was kidnapped by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL; also called ISIS) in August 2014 and sold into sex slavery.She escaped three months later, and shortly thereafter she began speaking out about human trafficking and sexual violence, especially as these issues pertained to Yazīdī women. Murad also spoke about the mistreatment of the Yazīdī community more broadly. She was appointed the ...
Oct 5, 2018 · Nadia Murad is an Iraqi Yazidi who was tortured and raped by Islamic State (IS) militants and later became the face of a campaign to free the Yazidi people. In 2014, she was captured and endured ...
Nadia Murad’s organization, Nadia’s Initiative, actively works to persuade governments and other organizations to invest in the sustainable redevelopment of the Yazidi homeland. From The Nobel Prizes 2018. Published on behalf of The Nobel Foundation by Science History Publications/USA, division Watson Publishing International LLC, Sagamore Beach, 2019.
Nadia Murad delivered her Nobel Lecture on 10 December 2018 at the Oslo City Hall in Norway. English Norwegian French Arabic (pdf) Nobel Lecture given by given by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2018, Nadia Murad, Oslo, 10 December 2018. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Distinguished Members of the Committee, Ladies and Gentlemen, my warm greetings to you.
Oct 5, 2018 · Nadia Murad, joint winner of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, is a Yazidi human rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery at the hands of ISIS in Iraq. She has used her traumatic experience ...
Oct 5, 2018 · Nadia Murad, a survivor of sexual violence by the Islamic State, and Dr. Denis Mukwege, a gynecological surgeon who founded a hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo, were awarded the 2018 ...
Oct 5, 2018 · Nadia Murad, one of two winners of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, was recognized for her globe-spanning campaign to end sexual violence as a weapon of war. A slender, frail young woman with gentle ...
Nadia’s Story. Nadia Murad, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and UNODC Goodwill Ambassador, is a leading advocate for survivors of genocide and sexual violence. Nadia’s peaceful life was brutally disrupted in 2014 when ISIS attacked her homeland in Sinjar to ethnically cleanse Iraq of all Yazidis. Since Nadia's escape from ISIS captivity, she has shared her story to raise awareness of ISIS and its genocidal campaign against the Yazidi people. ...
