Van den Toorn described a dire situation, where displaced Yezidis who made it off the mountain—or escaped Islamic State captivity—live in makeshift camps, half-finished buildings and under bridges
For Yezidis Displaced by ISIS, a Long Way Home
By Heritage Foundation Josh Siegel——Bio and Archives--September 30, 2014
Yezidis have lived in Iraq’s Sinjar region and Nineveh plains for centuries. But after recent attacks by the Islamic State, most are so scared of returning to their homes that they never want to go back.
“They love this place [Sinjar],” said Christine van den Toorn, who has lived and worked in Sulaimaniya in the Kurdistan region of Iraq for five years. “But they will never go back.”
Van den Toorn, who spoke to The Daily Signal in an interview, runs a research and analysis company with former students from the American University of Iraq and has been studying Yezidis—a religious minority group—during her time there.
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