Nareen Shammo
Nareen Shammo (* 1986 in Baschiqa ) is a Yazidi journalist and activist.
Life
Shammo studied English literature at al-Hadba 'University in Mosul until 2009 , worked as a journalist and TV producer and is now committed to Yazidi women.
Nareen Shammo announced in August 2014 while watching television when she learned that the Islamic State in Iraq systematically abducted women and girls. Since then, the journalist has devoted her life to fighting for the liberation of women and girls who fell victim to IS crimes in Iraq. She maintains contact with the displaced, looks after the families affected and supports the negotiations for the release of the women and girls. With the US initiative for Yazidis and the Yazidi aid organization Yazda, Nareen Shammo campaigns against the genocide of the Yazidis by the Islamic State .
"I was the first to present our fate in the Kurdish regional parliament and to shake up the politicians," Shammo said in December 2014 in an interview with Deutsche Welle . She lamented the failures of the Kurdish Peshmerga and the regional government because they had abandoned the Yazidis. Shammo sees the withdrawal of the Kurdish fighters from the approaching jihadists in August as a conspiracy against their ethnic group.
In 2015 Nareen Shammo received the Clara-Zetkin-Frauenpreis der LINKE for her outstanding commitment to women and girls in the fight against the Islamic State.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marc Engelhardt: Independence !: Separatists are changing the world . Ch. Links Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-86153-838-7 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed September 30, 2016]).
- ↑ Crimes against Yazidi women: "We are not safe in Iraq"
- ↑ Clara Zetkin Women's Prize 2015 for Nareen Shammo
- ^ Battle for Sinjar: Kurds strike back
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shammo, Nareen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yazidi journalist and activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bashiqa |