US EditionLost 1930s Photos Help Yazidis Reclaim Heritage After ISIS
Nearly 300 photos from the 1930s document Yazidi daily life in northern Iraq, preserving cultural heritage amid past persecution and recent genocide, researchers said.
- The United Nations described systematic attacks on Yazidis as genocide, killing thousands and nearly destroying their culture and heritage, leading to a scattered community around the world.
- Marin Webb and Nathaniel Brunt aim to share Yazidi history through archives and digital formats to connect with the diaspora.
- Wedding photos discovered in the city of Sinjar highlight the struggles and resilience of Yazidis, linking families to their history.
- Brunt emphasized that the photographs symbolize strong resistance against destruction, showing that Yazidis have endured and maintained their history despite suffering.
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Newly discovered Penn Museum photos from the 1930s help Yazidi community regain its history
A team of Penn Museum researchers is leading an effort to connect photos - taken of the Yazidi population in northern Iraq decades ago - with descendants who lost much of their history in the 2014 Islamic State attacks. (AP Video: Tassanee Vejpongsa)
The Bright Side: Iraq's Yazidis rediscover their lost history in photos found in a museum archive
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have been scouring the university's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology to create a visual archive of Iraq's Yazidi communities from photos left behind from excavations carried out in the 1930s.
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Iraq's Yazidis rediscover lost history through photos found in a museum archive
A University of Pennsylvania researcher is leading an effort to connect photos taken of the Yazidi population in northern Iraq in the 1930s with descendants who lost much of their history in the 2014 Islamic State attacks.
Iraq's Yazidis rediscover lost history through photos found in museum archive
A University of Pennsylvania researcher is leading an effort to connect photos taken of the Yazidi population in northern Iraq in the 1930s with descendants who lost much of their history in the 2014 Islamic State attacks
Iraq’s Yazidis Rediscover Lost History Through 1930s Photos Found in Museum Archive - Shia Waves
Iraq’s Yazidis Rediscover Lost History Through 1930s Photos Found in Museum Archive —————————— A collection of nearly 300 photographs of Iraq’s Yazidi community, taken by University of Pennsylvania archaeologists in the 1930s, has been rediscovered, helping to revive the cultural memory of this ancient religious minority devastated by the ISIS attacks. Penn doctoral student Marc …
Associated Press: Iraq’s Yazidis rediscover lost history through photos found in museum archive | ResearchBuzz: Firehose
Associated Press: Iraq’s Yazidis rediscover lost history through photos found in museum archive. “One photo — a Yazidi shrine — caught the eye of Penn doctoral student Marc Marin Webb in 2022, nearly a decade after it was destroyed by IS extremists plundering the region. Webb and others began scouring museum files and gathered almost 300 photos to create a visual archive of the Yazidi people, one of Iraq’s oldest religious minorities.”The post A…
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