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Agony of Yazidi women torn between IS kids, or return home | AFP

July 14, 2019July 15, 2019 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here July 14, 2019]

Baadre (Iraq) (AFP) – Freed after years in jihadist captivity, Jihan faced an agonising ultimatum: abandon her three small children fathered by an Islamic State fighter or risk being shunned by her community.

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Yazidi doctor soldiers on in mental battle against IS | AFP

March 13, 2019April 4, 2019 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here March 13, 2019]

Dohuk (Iraq) (AFP) – The military fight against the Islamic State group may be nearing an end, but one Yazidi doctor treating survivors is soldiering on against unseen scars the jihadists carved into her community.

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People have to eat. Two days after the sadistic attack at Tayaran Square, vegetable stalls and day-laborers are back, trying to earn enough to survive #Iraq's economic downturn. But they've got plenty of questions. Why now? Is this the first attack of many? And why weren't security forces able to stop the two bombers? In my latest for AFP, I take a look at what this attack might tell us about Iraq's security forces, worn down by Covid-19, political infighting and corruption. Link in bio.
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