A conversation with the founder and executive director of Na’amal, an organization working to expand access to dignified employment for refugees. 

Following the 2014 ISIS genocide against the Yazidi community, folk singing (stran) became a tool for documenting collective memory, commemorating victims, and supporting community healing through oral storytelling and cultural expression.

The Coalition for Just Reparations Iraq worked with survivors, civil society, and government actors to improve access to reparations under the Yazidi Women Survivors Law, increasing applications and strengthening survivor support.