Nadia Murad

Nadia Murad
Born Nadia Murad Basee Taha
1995
Kocho, Sinjar
Iraq
Occupation Human rights activist
Years active 2014-present

Nadia Murad Basee Taha (Ezdiki: Nadiye Murad, Arabic: نادية مراد; born 1995) is a Yazidi human rights activist,[1][2] Nobel Peace Prize nominee[3][4] and since September 2016 the first Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking of the United Nations.[5] She was kidnapped and held by the Islamic State in August 2014.[6]

Early life

Murad was born in the village of Kocho in Sinjar, northern Iraq. Her family, of the Yazidi people, were farmers and she grew up on a farm.[7]

Background

In August 2014, 19 year old Murad was a student living in the village of Kocho in Sinjar, northern Iraq when Islamic State fighters rounded up the Yazidi community in the village killing 600 people – including six of Nadia's brothers and stepbrothers – and taking the younger women into slavery. That year Murad was one of more than 6,700 Yazidi women taken prisoner by Islamic State in Iraq.[8] She was held as a slave in the city of Mosul, beaten, burned with cigarettes, and raped when trying to escape. In November 2014, Nadia was able to escape after her captor left the house unlocked.[9] She was taken in by a neighbouring family who were able to smuggle her out of the Islamic State controlled area, allowing her to make her way to a refugee camp in Duhok, northern Iraq, and then to Stuttgart, Germany.[10][11]

Career

In 16 December 2015, Murad briefed the United Nations Security Council on the issue of human trafficking and conflict, the first time the Council was briefed on human trafficking.[7][12] As part of her role as an ambassador, Murad will participate in global and local advocacy initiatives to bring awareness of human trafficking and refugees.[13] Murad reaches out to refugee and survivor communities, listening to testimonies of victims of trafficking and genocide.[14]

As of September 2016, Attorney Amal Clooney spoke before the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to discuss the decision she made in June 2016[15] to represent Murad as a client in legal action against ISIL commanders.[13][14][16] Clooney characterized the genocide, rape, and trafficking as a "bureaucracy of evil on an industrial scale" by ISIL, describing a slave market existing both online, on Facebook and in the Mideast that is still active today.[8] Murad has received serious threats to her safety as a result of her work.[7]

In September 2016, Murad announced Nadia's Initiative at an event hosted by Tina Brown in New York City. The initiative will provide advocacy and assistance to victims of genocide.[17]

Honors

See also

References

  1. ↑ "نادية مراد حكاية ضحية ام خطة مخفية". وكالة سكاي برس. December 29, 2015.
  2. ↑ Khudida, Ahmed (18 August 2016). "A Statement by Nadia Murad and Yazda`s Communication Team on Nadia and Yazda Visit to Australia". Yazda: A Global Yazidi Organization. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Editorial Staff in Yazidis (6 January 2016). "Iraq nominates Islamic State Yazidi victim Nadia Murad for Nobel prize". Ekurd Daily. Baghdad. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  4. ↑ Mogul, Priyanka (8 January 2016). "Yazidi woman Nadia Murad: Former Isis sex slave could win next Nobel Peace Prize". International Business Times. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  5. ↑ del Campo, Carlos Gomez (16 September 2016). "Human trafficking survivor Nadia Murad named UNODC Goodwill Ambassador". United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  6. ↑ Westcott, Lucy (19 March 2016). "ISIS sex slavery survivor on a mission to save Yazidi women and girls". Newsweek. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  7. 1 2 3 Murad Basee Taha, Nadia (16 December 2015). "Nadia Murad Basee Taha (ISIL victim) on Trafficking of persons in situations of conflict - Security Council, 7585th meeting" (Video). United Nations Television (UNTV). Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 "Appointment Ceremony of Ms. Nadia Murad Basee Taha As UNODC Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking on the Occasion of the International Day of Peace" (Video). United Nations Television (UNTV). 16 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Everything about Nadia Murad – The Yazidi Woman Who Escaped ISIS Slavery!". NationalViews. 16 September 2016.
  10. ↑ Alter, Charlotte (20 December 2015). "Yezidi Girl Who Escaped Isis Sex Slavery: Please Help Us". Time. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  11. ↑ Whyte, Lara (18 February 2016). "'Every Part of Me Changed in Their Hands': A Former ISIS Sex Slave Speaks Out". Broadly. Vice. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  12. ↑ "ظهورجريء للفتاة الازيديية نادية مراد ابكى اعضاءً في مجلس الامن وصفق لها الحاضرون". عراق برس. December 18, 2015.
  13. 1 2 Harris, Elise (19 September 2016). "Amal Clooney, George's wife, takes on U.N. and ISIS". The Washington Times. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  14. 1 2 McFadden, Cynthia; Whitman, Jake; Rappleye, Hannah (19 September 2016). "Amal Clooney Takes on ISIS for 'Clear Case of Genocide' of Yazidis'". NBC News. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  15. ↑ Allum, Cynthia (9 June 2016). "Exclusive: Amal Clooney to represent ISIS survivor Nadia Murad and victims of Yazidi genocide". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  16. ↑ Lara, Maria Mercedes (19 September 2016). "Watch: Amal Clooney Reveals She and George Talked About the 'Risks' of Taking on ISIS – 'I Mean, This Is My Work'". People. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  17. ↑ "Nadia's Initiative". Uncommon Union. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  18. ↑ WITW Staff (15 September 2016). "ISIS survivor Nadia Murad turns harrowing personal suffering into humanitarian initiative". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  19. ↑ "Iraq nominates Yezidi woman Nadia Murad for Nobel prize". Rudaw Media Network. 1 May 2016.
  20. ↑ "عێراق نادیە موراد بۆ وەرگرتنی خەڵاتی نۆبڵ بەربژێر دەکات". Rudaw Media Network. 1 May 2016.
  21. ↑ "Nadia Murad, Pope Francis among Nobel Peace Prize candidates".
  22. ↑ Monasebian, Simone (14 September 2016). "Nadia Murad Basee Taha to be appointed Goodwill Ambassador by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime on 16th September". United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  23. ↑ "Why I am nominating Nadia Murad for Sakharov Prize". Beatriz Becerra. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  24. ↑ Becerra Basterrechea, Beatriz (20 July 2016). "Yazidi genocide victims deserve European Parliament prize". EurActiv. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  25. ↑ "EU Parliament awards Sakharov prize to Yazidi women". 27 October 2016.
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