Nadia Murad
Nadia Murad Basee Taha (Sorani Kurdish: نادیە موراد باسی تەھا; Arabic: نادية مراد باسي طه; born 1993)[1] is a German-based Yazidi-Iraqi human richts activist.[2] She wis kidnapped an held bi the Islamic State for three month.[3] In 2018, she an Denis Mukwege war jyntly awairdit the Nobel Peace Prize for "thair efforts tae end the uise o sexual veeolence as a wappen o war an airmed conflict."[4] She is the first Iraqi tae be awairdit a Nobel prize.[5]
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| Born | Nadia Murad Basee Taha 1993 (age 30–31) Kojo, Iraq |
| Notable wirk(s) | The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State |
| Awairds | Sakharov Prize (2016) Nobel Peace Prize (2018) |
References
eedit- ↑ Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad gets married – Ekurd.net
- ↑ Siddique, Haroon; Maclean, Ruth (5 October 2018). "Nobel peace prize 2018 won by Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad – as it happened". The Guardian.
- ↑ Westcott, Lucy (19 Mairch 2016). "ISIS sex slavery survivor on a mission to save Yazidi women and girls". Newsweek. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ↑ "Announcement" (PDF). The Nobel Peace Prize. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ↑ "Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad". BBC News. 5 October 2018.