Iraq’s Hidden Wounds

2017-05-02T12:23:13+00:00May 2nd, 2017|In the Media|

SHERRI KRAHAM TALABANY — Helping vulnerable populations requires an integrated approach to mental healthcare and socio-economic empowerment.  Read More: https://postwarwatch.com/2017/05/01/iraqs-hidden-wounds/ 

SEED Foundation Rescues Women from ISIS Terror in Iraqi Kurdistan. Washington Diplomat, Larry Luxner, July 6, 2016.

2017-04-18T19:58:31+00:00November 29th, 2016|In the Media|

The SEED Foundation, a nonprofit group established by Sherri Kraham Talabany, made its local debut May 19 with a gala dinner at Washington’s Mandarin Oriental Hotel. The fundraiser attracted more than 200 people and raised tens of thousands of dollars for the organization, which is based in the Iraqi Kurdish capital of Irbil. Read More...

Sherri Kraham Talabani: Kurdistan’s future lies in investing in women, youth. Rudaw, July 08, 2016

2016-11-29T09:29:54+00:00July 8th, 2016|In the Media|

Sherri Kraham Talabani: Kurdistan’s future lies in investing in women, youth ERBIL, Kurdistan Region—A stronger, more democratic, prosperous future for the Kurdistan Region lies with empowering the nation’s women and supporting them in leadership and decision-making roles, said Sherri Kraham Talabani, co-founder of SEED, in an interview with Rudaw. Read More...

Mindfield, The Economist, Roger McShane, May 21, 2016

2016-11-29T09:31:02+00:00May 21st, 2016|In the Media|

Wars and terrorism are stressful. The traumatised have nowhere to turn WHEN Neda told her children that she might have to kill them, they assented. Such was their suffering after Islamic State kidnapped and enslaved them, along with thousands of other Yazidis, a religious minority, in northern Iraq in 2014. Read More...

The Yezidi People’s 15 Minutes In The Spotlight Are Over. But That Doesn’t Mean You Can Stop Caring. Independent Journal review, May 06, 2016

2016-11-29T09:32:14+00:00May 6th, 2016|In the Media|

After centuries of being virtually unknown in the West, we now all know of the plight of the Yezidi people. And what we know is not good. Yezidis are one of Iraq’s oldest religious groups. They have been marginalized and have suffered persecution for centuries, and have born the brunt of the cruel sectarian violence [...]

Worldview: Two groups offering aid and support to Yazidi refugees. Philly.com, Trudy Rubin, March 25, 2016

2016-11-29T09:31:52+00:00March 25th, 2016|In the Media|

In the wake of the ISIS atrocity in Brussels, it's time to reflect on the meaning of John Kerry's recent statement that the group has committed a genocide against Yazidis. It is certainly true that ISIS has done its best to wipe out members of the ancient monotheistic religion, killing thousands of men, enslaving women [...]

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