Outraged by the Attacks on Yazidis? It Is Time to Help.

Three years ago I was one of thousands of Yazidi women kidnapped by the Islamic State and sold into slavery

• Nadia Murad
• The New York Times

I endured rape, torture and humiliation at the hands of multiple militants before I escaped.

I was relatively lucky; many Yazidis went through worse than I did and for much longer.

Many are still missing.

Many have been killed.

Once I escaped, I felt that it was my duty to tell the world about the brutality of the Islamic State.

Yazidi women hoped that recounting our experiences of mass murder, rape and enslavement would bring attention to the Yazidi genocide.

We received sympathy…

• Outraged by the…