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Transcript/Script ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: TV - Yazidi Mothers – Karim
HEADLINE: 8 Years Later, Yazidi Mothers Still Waiting for Missing Children
TEASER: Since the Islamic State group attack of 2014, Yazidi refugees have been living in camps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
PUBLISHED AT: 8/04/2022 at 8:45am
BYLINE: Snur Karim
CONTRIBUTOR:
DATELINE: Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region of Iraq
VIDEOGRAPHER: Snur Karim
VIDEO EDITOR:
SCRIPT EDITORS: KE; Reifenrath, djones bal approved
VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA Original – Kurdish Service
PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV __ RADIO __
TRT: 2:36
VID APPROVED BY: KE
TYPE: TVPKG
EDITOR NOTES ( Return edited script to Rikar Hussein))
((INTRO))
[[Near the city of Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, a camp is hosting thousands of Yazidis who have not been able to return to their homes in Sinjar district of Iraq's Nineveh province. Snur Karim spoke to the women at the camp in this report narrated by Rikar Hussein.]]
((NARRATOR))
Nearly three years after the defeat of the Islamic State group in Iraq, these Yazidis still live in camps — many still waiting to hear back from their loved ones who were kidnapped by the group in 2014.
((Nafya Shvan, Yazidi Survivor)) (Female in Kurdish)
“When IS attacked, children were burned, people died. We will never forget. We saw them take children and we couldn’t do anything about it.”
((NARRATOR))
Those who could escape IS now deal with the trauma of living in camps.
((Nafya Shvan, Yazidi Survivor)) (Female in Kurdish)
“I lost my sister and mother. I lost my cousins. We haven’t seen our families for years, and there is nothing we can do about it.”
((NARRATOR))
According to the Office of Kidnapped Yazidis in Iraq, 2,760 Yazidi women and children are still missing.
Fany Sleman is one of the many Yazidi mothers with a missing child. She says she hasn't heard from her 25-year-old daughter, Eida, and six other family members since IS kidnapped them from the Sinjar region in 2014.
((Fany Sleman, Yazidi Mother)) (Female in Kurdish)
“It was a black day for all Yazidis, not only for me. The daughters of many Yazidis are still missing. Seven members of my family, including my daughter and father, are still missing, and no one has come to help us. Since we fled from Mosul, we haven’t heard from them.”
((NARRATION))
Making the problem worse, many Yazidis are unable to return to their homes because of the lasting destruction and insecurity.
((Shvan Mishko, Yazidi Survivor)) (Male in Kurdish)
“We have been living under those tents for eight years. Disease has spread. The worst has happened to us. We lost our homes, our livelihoods and our honor.”
((NARRATOR))
IS attacked the Yazidi community in Iraq on August 3, 2014, killing and kidnapping thousands of them.
Members of a United Nations team investigating the attacks said they had gathered “clear and convincing evidence” that the systematic destruction of the Yazidi people by the Islamic State was genocide.
((For Snur Karim in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region – Rikar Hussein, VOA News))
NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
NetworkVOA
Location (dateline)Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region of Iraq
BylineSnur Karim
Brand / Language ServiceVoice of America - English
