Tens of thousands of members of Iraq’s Yazidi religious minority are now living in shelters and camps. AP Photo/Seivan Salim December 14, 2021 ‘Strangers in their own land’: Iraqi Yazidis and their plight, 7 years on from genocide Houman Oliaei, Brandeis University In 2019 a scholar visited the Iraqi Kurdistan, where Yazidis have been resettled. He explains their religious beliefs and their current conditions.