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Memory and genocide studies
The Yazidi genocide
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- Levels
- Foundations, Scholar
- Study time
- To be set
- Wave
- 2
- Status
- Planned
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Sources
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- Roshna Jamal Mohammed Amin (2023). Crime of Genocide, Stages of Implementation and Prevention of Anfal Genocide (Example of Yazidi Kurds). Journal of Kurdistani for Strategic Studies. DOI 10.54809/jkss.vi10.344
- Roshna Jamal Mohammed Amin (2023). The crime of genocide, the stages of its implementation and prevention of the genocide of Anfal and the Yazidi Kurds, for example. Journal of Kurdistani for Strategic Studies. DOI 10.54809/jkss.vi10.351
- Kizilhan JI, Ag Z, Ahmed QA et al. (2026). Sleep Disturbances Among Yazidi Survivors of the ISIS Genocide: Epidemiology, Neuropsychology, and Culturally Sensitive Interventions.. Brain Behav. DOI 10.1002/brb3.71523
- Zeyad Jaffal (2020). Rape as Genocide Crime in International Criminal Law – The Case of Yazidi Women in Iraq. Zenodo. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.3841255
- Karel Bauer (2026). Preconditions for the Genocide of Iraqi Yazidis / A Multiple Crisis (Part Two). Soudobé dějiny. DOI 10.51134/sod.2026.016
Perspectives and disputes
Contested subjects show every side with sources. Nothing here endorses a position.
A map of the main positions, each with its own sources, is in preparation.
01About this course
Part of Memory and genocide studies. Memory and genocide studies examine mass atrocities against Kurdish and neighbouring communities, with survivors’ communities and trauma-informed care.
- Levels
- Foundations, Scholar
- Wave
- Wave 2
- Discipline
- Memory and genocide studies
02What happens next
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05More from Memory and genocide studies
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Anfal and Halabja
The Anfal campaign and the chemical attack on Halabja: what happened, how it is documented and remembered.
Wave 1 · 12 h Outline drafted
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Dersim 1937 to 1938
Outline in preparation.
Wave 2 Planned
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Feyli Kurds’ deportation and statelessness
Outline in preparation.
Wave 3 Planned
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Kurdish, Armenian and Assyrian histories, 1915 to 1923
Outline in preparation.
Wave 3 Planned
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Memorialisation and recognition
Outline in preparation.
Wave 3 Planned
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Ethics of survivors’ testimony
Outline in preparation.
Wave 2 Planned
06Further reading
Suggested by open metadata, not yet reviewed.
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Roshna Jamal Mohammed Amin · 2023 · Journal of Kurdistani for Strategic Studies
ArticleOpenAlexOpenAIREOpen accessCC-BY-NC-ND
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Roshna Jamal Mohammed Amin · 2023 · Journal of Kurdistani for Strategic Studies
ArticleOpenAlexOpenAIREOpen accessCC-BY-NC-ND
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Kizilhan JI, Ag Z, Ahmed QA et al. · 2026 · Brain Behav
ArticleEurope PMCDOAJOpen access
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Rape as Genocide Crime in International Criminal Law – The Case of Yazidi Women in Iraq
Zeyad Jaffal · 2020 · Zenodo
ArticleDataCiteZenodoOpen accessCC-BY-4.0
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Preconditions for the Genocide of Iraqi Yazidis / A Multiple Crisis (Part Two)
Karel Bauer · 2026 · Soudobé dějiny
ArticleOpenAlexOpen accessCC-BY-NC
Sources, licences and fetch dates: DataCite (CC0 1.0 (DataCite metadata)), 2026-10-23; DOAJ (Metadata CC0 1.0 (DOAJ); articles under their own open licences), 2026-10-23; Europe PMC (Metadata reusable; full text under each article’s licence), 2026-10-23; OpenAIRE (CC BY 4.0 (OpenAIRE Graph)), 2026-10-23; OpenAlex (CC0-1.0 data; metered API (free key)), 2026-10-23; Zenodo (Metadata CC0 1.0; each record under its own licence), 2026-10-23.
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- APA
The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). The Yazidi genocide. kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/the-yazidi-genocide/
- Chicago
The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “The Yazidi Genocide.” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/the-yazidi-genocide/.
- BibTeX
@misc{kco2026_learn_catalogue_the_yazidi_genocide, author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}}, year = {2026}, note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0}, title = {The {Yazidi} genocide}, url = {https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/the-yazidi-genocide/}, howpublished = {https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/the-yazidi-genocide/}, }- RIS
TY - ELEC AU - The Kurdish Cooperation Organization DA - 2026/// PY - 2026 ID - kco2026_learn_catalo N1 - Licence: CC BY 4.0 TI - The Yazidi genocide UR - https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/the-yazidi-genocide/ ER -

