Nadia Murad |
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 Nadia Murad (2018) |
| Born | Nadia Murad Basee Taha
1993 (age 31–32)
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| Citizenship | Iraqi/Kurdistani |
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| Occupation | Human rights activist |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
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| Awards | Sakharov Prize(2016)
Nobel Peace Prize(2018) |
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Nadia Murad Basee (Arabic:نادية مراد; born 1993) is a German-basedIraqiYazidi human rights activist. She was kidnapped and held by theIslamic State for three months.[1]
In 2018, she andDenis Mukwege were jointly awarded theNobel Peace Prize for "their efforts to end use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict."[2] She is the first Iraqi to win the Nobel Prize.[3]
Murad is the founder of Nadia's Initiative, an organization who work to "helping women and children victimized by genocide,mass atrocities, and human trafficking to heal and rebuild their lives and communities".[4]
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