Yazidis: 74th
Firman[1]
“We were killed not only by ISIS, but also by our neighbors”
This is the first time I am going to
Iraqi Kurdistan by car. We get to the border very easily; there is no traffic.
My friend coming with me says before the attacks of ISIS, there were long
queues of trucks, and each vehicle had to wait around 4 or 5 hours before crossing
the border.
I am the only woman at the border. I
feel the glances of those who find my presence here bizarre. We complete the
paperwork rapidly, and I pass to the other side of the border with my car. The
moment I arrive in Iraqi Kurdistan, I feel relief seeing many women working at
the border or as security personnel. The female security guards try to speed up
my procedures because they are happy to see a Kurdish woman coming there from
Amed, driving her own car. I walk to the Public Order Director who is waiting
for me.