Conversation with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Nadia Murad

On June 28, 2019, Sarhang Hamasaeed moderated a public discussion with Nadia Murad, keynote speaker Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Founder and President of Nadia’s Initiative, and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking. The discussion was hosted at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) and covered how five years after ISIS’ genocidal campaign in Iraq, Yazidis and other religious minorities were struggling to recover from the trauma of occupation and the heinous crimes committed by the terrorist group. Sinjar, a district in the Nineveh province of Iraq, remained in ruins while many of its residents were still displaced and trying to cope with the aftermath of mass killing, rape, abduction, and enslavement.