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Human rights activist and recipient of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Nadia Murad is a leading advocate for survivors of genocide and sexual violence. Her New York Times bestselling memoir, The Last…
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Happiness is family. I loved growing up in Sinjar surrounded by my mother and siblings. Those memories are my happy place.
— Nadia MuradNobel Peace Prize Winner & Yazidi Genocide Survivor Advocate
Education exponentially multiplies advancements in every other sector. And critically, it empowers communities with the skills to shape their own futures, build their own economies, and advocate for their own rights.
— Nadia MuradNobel Peace Prize Winner & Yazidi Genocide Survivor Advocate
Honestly, I do not always feel hopeful. I am more worried for the future of my community now, eight years after the genocide began, than I was when I first escaped ISIS. But I also find hope and solidarity in those crises.
— Nadia MuradNobel Peace Prize Winner & Yazidi Genocide Survivor Advocate
A lot of aid goes to displacement camps, which are necessary in the immediate aftermath of a crisis but are short-term and frankly undignified band-aids. The community feels hopeless in that environment where every day is the same and there are no opportunities to rebuild their lives.
— Nadia MuradNobel Peace Prize Winner & Yazidi Genocide Survivor Advocate
Rape is one of the oldest weapons of war and it remains so to this day. For too long, it has been viewed as an 'unfortunate' side effect of war. But really, it is a tactic. The truth is that stable societies are built on the backs of women.
— Nadia MuradNobel Peace Prize Winner & Yazidi Genocide Survivor Advocate
Beyond the atrocities of mass murder and rape, ISIS also set out to systematically destroy the Yazidi community by ensuring that we did not have the resources to survive in our homeland. They poisoned wells, burned farms, took out electrical grids, and destroyed schools, homes, temples, and hospitals.
— Nadia MuradNobel Peace Prize Winner & Yazidi Genocide Survivor Advocate
Education exponentially multiplies advancements in every other sector. And critically, it empowers communities with the skills to shape their own futures, build their own economies, and advocate for their own rights.
— Nadia MuradNobel Peace Prize Winner & Yazidi Genocide Survivor Advocate
Empowering women to be decision-makers in their families and communities makes everyone safer, more successful, healthier, and more educated.
— Nadia MuradNobel Peace Prize Winner & Yazidi Genocide Survivor Advocate
The truth is that stable societies are built on the backs of women. Attacking women has a crippling impact on communities.
— Nadia MuradNobel Peace Prize Winner & Yazidi Genocide Survivor Advocate
Rape is one of the oldest weapons of war and it remains so to this day. For so long, it has been viewed as an 'unfortunate' side effect of war. But really, it is a tactic.
— Nadia MuradNobel Peace Prize Winner & Yazidi Genocide Survivor Advocate
Beyond the atrocities of mass murder and rape, ISIS also set out to systematically destroy the Yazidi community by ensuring that we did not have the resources to survive in our homeland. They poisoned wells, burned farms, took out electrical grids, and destroyed schools, homes, temples, and hospitals.
— Nadia MuradNobel Peace Prize Winner & Yazidi Genocide Survivor Advocate
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