Aveen

by Nicholas Rogers

The Yazidis were a largely unknown people until they faced a genocide a few years ago. They inhabit mostly the region of the north of Syria and Iraq. When the so-called, self-styled Islamic State group launched their barbaric 'mission' to radicalise and exterminate large groups of 'unbelievers' who stood in their way, the Yazidis were targeted as devil-worshippers and many women and children were abducted as 'spoils of war'. The Yazidis are a peaceful race and their faith likewise. I was touched by their simplicity and great courage in the face of their 72nd genocide. Aveen, in real-life, is a nineteen year old Yazidi woman who fights for the PKK and is prepared to face head on her abducters in battle. Her story and others likewise touched my heart.

156 pages, Paperback

Published March 24, 2018

About the author

For the archivist and medieval historian, see Nicholas J. Rogers

Nicholas Rogers is Professor of History at York University, Toronto, Canada. He is the co-author of Eighteenth-Century English Society: Shuttles and Swords (OUP) and the author of Crowds, Culture, and Politics in Georgian Britain (OUP), for which he received the 1999 Wallace K. Ferguson Prize of the Canadian Historical Association for the best book on non-Canadian history.