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Islamic State’s genocide was not limited to killing and enslaving Yazidis, Christians and other communities − it also erased their heritage

  • Written by Alda Benjamen, Assistant Professor of Middle East History, University of Dayton
Islamic State’s genocide was not limited to killing and enslaving Yazidis, Christians and other communities − it also erased their heritageIraqi Yazidi women cry as they hold pictures of victims and missing relatives during a ceremony in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, marking the 10th anniversary of the Yazidi genocide. Ismael Adnan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

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