I Tears trickle silently down Amira’s cheeks as she describes the horrific violence perpetrated by the terrorists in 2014 when they seized the Yazidis’ ancient territory. Even after ten years, her anguish is still very much present.While women and girls were raped and sold into slavery, males from Amira’s town were shot dead. She was able to escape to the Highlands.
However, two of her sisters were among those forced to serve in the homes of fighters for the Islamic State (IS), who had branded Yazidis as worshippers of the devil.In addition to raping and enslaving women and girls, they massacred thousands of males. In an attempt to persuade the survivors to go back to the places they escaped, the Iraqi government is planning to close the tented camps where they currently reside. This has left the survivors facing new fears.
In an attempt to promote their cultural legacy and bring attention to the suffering of their community, an ancient religious and ethnic minority, a number of Yazidi women who reside in a camp that was affected by the horrors have traveled to the UK for a series of choral concerts.
