Karim (in the middle) and his brothers and cousins were visiting the holy site at Lalish. Here they are standing in front of a mural depicting Noah’s Ark. Yazidis believe that Noah’s Ark first hit dry land at Lalish, and therefore they regard it as the birthplace of civilisation as…
Category: Iraq
This young man was staying at the holy Yazidi shrines of Lalish, helping the priests with their service and processions. He had come as a refugee as his home town was overrun by ISIS on their tempestuous advance across Northern Iraq in the summer of 2014. He lost many of…
I was surprised to meet this man inside an ancient Yazidi shrine in Lalish and to find out that he speaks fluent German. He introduced himself as an entrepreneur, running a little oriental corner eatery in Hannover. Having moved there in 2002, he recently received German citizenship. It is already…