“People deserve to know about that. They need to understand, not so that they can pity the region, but simply because it helps to explain so much of the way Kurdistan has tried to improve itself afterwards. They need to understand to stop it from ever happening again. They need to understand, because it is unacceptable that a genocide that was essentially ignored by many countries around the world at the time should be continued to be ignored by history” LawHumanityInternationalGenocideIraq WarKurdishKurdistanIraqi KurdistanAnfal Genocide Book:Kurdistan: Genocide and Rebirth Source: Kurdistan: Genocide and Rebirth
“Not even children were spared. To see history repeating itself, and the calamities of the past unfolding again, spelled out in the eyes of the victims and survivors, was unbearable. To witness rape and slavery practiced and legitimized, to witness it happen in the 21st century was hideous. Girls as young as 8-9 years old and women all ages were being brutally violated and sold, sometimes for $10. My heart sank with their screams, and we had to do something to help them.” Peace On EarthChristiansArmenian GenocidePeacemakersWidad AkreyiDr WidadAnfal GenocideRojavaPeace Award RecipientYazidi Genocide Author:Widad Akreyi
“If we compare the 2014-genocide to the Armenian genocide and the Anfal genocide, we will find that, whether religious or secular, the perpetrators of the three genocides have used a specific religion to legalize their crimes. Not even children were spared.” Peace QuotesPeace On EarthChristiansArmenian GenocidePeacemakersWidad AkreyiDr WidadAnfal GenocidePeace Award RecipientYazidi Genocide Author:Widad Akreyi