Nadia Murad

Nadia Murad

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Biography

Nadia Murad Basee Taha, a remarkable and courageous individual, is a renowned Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist who has made Germany her home. Her remarkable life story took a dramatic turn in 2014, when she was forcibly abducted from her hometown of Kocho, a small village nestled in the heart of Iraq, and subsequently held captive by the Islamic State for a harrowing three months.

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