by Candice Lassey | May 10, 2019 | Stories
Afran "Now I have a hope to make my life better and to change the lives of those around me." ? My name is Afran*. I was living in Sinjar with my family as a high school student when we heard ISIS was coming, so the next day we decided to leave Sinjar mountain. It...
by Candice Lassey | Mar 4, 2019 | Stories
Gilya* "I try to provide everything for my family, as much as I can." ? I’m from North Shingal. My life was good before I got married. I had a rich family, we wore nice clothes. It was a good life. We had a big family. I had nine sisters and five brothers,...
by chaundraeagar9727 | Feb 14, 2019 | Stories
Jalil "Tutapona taught me not only hope, but to believe in myself." ? “I was living with my family. I had 1 brother, 3 sisters, my father and my mother. We were a small, happy family. Before ISIS came my life was stable. I completed high school and was in...
by Candice Lassey | Jan 15, 2019 | Stories
Bizan* "I hope to be a teacher and help people and this nation the way that I have been helped by Tutapona." ? “Before ISIS came, life was so good in Sinjar. I was in my last year of high school. My whole family was there. My father and mother, 2 sisters...
by Candice Lassey | Nov 19, 2018 | Stories
Nadia* "We don’t lose hope and we don’t give up" ? Her eyes are closed. She is recalling the very worst day of her life. She flinches, takes a deep breath, then nods her head as the memories begin to play. She remembers the bullets, slamming into the ground...
by Candice Lassey | Nov 5, 2018 | Stories
Hana "I’m believing in God that good things will happen." ? I had four brothers and seven sisters. I was in school. I enjoyed it. My sisters were there with me, my cousins- all of my family. Life was good. It was at 3 am when we woke to the sound of gunshots and...
