A Life Left in Sinjar

Author: Lilit Kochinyan

27.12.15

In 2014, ISIS massacred thousands of Yezidis in Iraq and 430 thousand people became displaced. According to "Sinjar" NGO, 5,000 Yezidi women and girls are still in captivity. During the massacre, 2 yezidi families fled to Armenia and, with the help of the local Yezidi community, established themselves there. 17-year-old Fadil Bshar is one of them. The Sinjar events took a lot from him: his dream to continue his teaching job, his girlfriend and two sisters, his friends and his home...