Abdullah Shrem
Abdullah Shrem is an Iraqi humanitarian. He is credited with saving hundreds of Yazidi women and children kidnapped and held captive by ISIS. He was nominated for a 2022 Aurora Humanitarian prize.[1]
Biography
[edit]Abdullah Shrem is a Yazidi from Iraqi Kurdistan. Shrem worked as a beekeeper selling honey in Iraq and Syria.[2] After his sister and niece went missing, he devoted himself to rescuing them and other Yazidi women and girls who had been trafficked by ISIS as slaves. Shrem developed an elaborate smuggling network using cigarette smugglers and undercover informants to save the captured women.[3][4] Shrem has rescued 399 women and children.[4] He has continued his efforts rescuing captured women after the defeat of ISIS.[5][6]
Shrem and his efforts are the subject of Dunya Mikhail’s 2018 book The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq,[2][7][8] as well as the Frontline PBS documentary, Escaping ISIS [9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Abdullah Shrem - Modern Day Hero". auroraprize.com. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
- ^ a b "How an Iraqi farmer risked it all to rescue dozens of Yazidi women enslaved by ISIS". CBC. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ Jones, By Arwa Damon, Hamdi Alkhshali and Bryony (2016-06-02). "Meet the man saving Yazidi slaves from ISIS". CNN. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Evans, Margaret (16 April 2021). "Beekeeper turned spymaster searches for Iraq's missing Yazidis". Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ Denereaz, Kate (2021-08-03). "'Still going through hell': the search for Yazidi women seven years on". the Guardian. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
- ^ Hagedorn, Elizabeth (4 March 2020). "Rescuers scour Syria for Yazidis still trapped in enslavement". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ "Poet and Iraqi exile Dunya Mikhail's book 'The Beekeeper' serves as testimony for the victims of ISIS". Christian Science Monitor. 2018-03-29. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
- ^ "The Beekeeper of Sinjar by Dunya Mikhail – review". the Guardian. 2018-07-31. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
- ^ "Escaping ISIS - Yazidi Women Describe ISIS Captivity". PBS. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2024.