Nadia Murad

Nadia Murad Basee Taha (Kurdish: نادیە موراد / Nadiye Mûrad‎, Arabic: نادية مراد) is a Yazidi rights activist who was kidnapped and held by the Islamic State in August 2014. On 5 January 2016, the Iraqi government nominated her for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize for her activism.[1] A Norwegian lawmaker seconded the nomination.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Iraq nominates Yezidi woman Nadia Murad for Nobel prize". Rudaw.
  2. ↑ "Nadia Murad, Pope Francis among Nobel Peace Prize candidates".

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