Displacement

Resilience, Rebuilding, and the Classroom: The Settlement of Yazidi Refugees in Toowoomba

Cultures, Education & Training, Multiculturalism, Yazidi /

The 2014 genocide perpetrated by the Islamic State (ISIS) against the Yazidi people in the Sinjar region of northern Iraq led to the violent displacement of hundreds of thousands of people, systemic sexual enslavement, and the tragic loss of countless lives. In response to this catastrophic humanitarian crisis, Australia opened its doors, specifically focusing its […]

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Reclaiming the Voice: Displacement, Education, and the Linguistic Resistance of the Yazidi People

Cultures, Education & Training, Multiculturalism /

For those of us working in education and advocating for displaced populations, the classroom—or the writing desk—is never neutral territory. When teaching Yazidi students, we are working with individuals whose primary language, Kurmanji, has become an act of defiance against a history of erasure. Understanding why many Yazidis harbor a deep aversion to the Arabic

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