( The story is based on an interview with Nadia Murad in Geneva by Al-Bawaba News reporter, Hany Danial) Amid deep sorrow for painful past experiences, a Yazidi girl, in her twenties, spoke of tiny hopes available for a new life after being torn out, both soul and body. After nearly three months within the grip of Islamic Sate militias, the Yazidi Iraqi Nadia Murad, stood in the UN Security Council, shedding light on the agonies of her minority members at the hands of the terror group. On Aug. 3, 2014, militants of IS arrived at our small village in Iraq's Mosul and besieged the village for nearly 15 days. Members of the Kurdish army tasked with protecting us had fled the battle, leaving us for a real hell, Ms. Murad narrated with tears brushing her cheeks. At a small school of two storeys, based at Kojo village, Yazidi women and small girls were put on the second floor and men imprisoned on the first. "We heard shots against men who refused IS orders to join Islam," she said. The poor girl added she was selected among 150 mates to be raped by a 40-year old huge militant, named Salman. After two days, Salman dropped her name and photo in a Mosul-based court to make her available for those who may want to purchase her for sexual affairs. Ms. Murad managed to escape the IS torture and hid in an Iraqi family for 17 days after paying large sums of money sent to her by her brother in Kirkuk. "While being kidnapped, I met more than 400 Yazidi girls who were raped and sold in slaves markets for IS militants," she added. With tears in eyes, Ms. Murad hoped other kidnapped girls to be set free, particularly because nine-year old girls were being raped plus seeing her family whom she thinks were killed by the terror group militants.
