HÁWAR.help organized its first exhibition at the level of Rojava in the city of Qamishlo, under the title “Yezidi Community Archive.” The exhibition featured 50 photographs documenting the daily life, rituals, and shared memories of the Yezidis, alongside images recalling chapters of their history and their resilience in the face of genocide and displacement.
In an effort to preserve the collective memory of the Yezidi community and document aspects of its cultural and social life, HÁWAR.help held its first exhibition at the level of Rojava, under the title “Yezidi Community Archive,” in the city of Qamishlo, featuring 50 photographs.
The exhibition is part of the “Yezidi Community Archive” project implemented by HÁWAR.help e.V. on behalf of the German Federal Foreign Office. The project focuses on collecting personal narratives, testimonies, and community materials related to the Yezidis, in addition to creating a digital archive that preserves the collective memory of the Yezidi community in Syria and Rojava.
The exhibition was held at “Aal Bal” Café on Al-Wahda Street in the city of Qamishlo, in the presence of dozens of people interested in cultural affairs and Yezidi youth.
The exhibition features 50 photographs produced by students of the training department at HÁWAR.help, alongside works by the organization’s archive department team.
It also includes a collection of photographs documenting the daily life of the Yezidis, their religious and social rituals, and their shared memories, as well as photographs of families who survived massacres and displaced people from Shengal, in an attempt to highlight the community’s resilience and cultural diversity.
A number of young Yezidi men and women who participated in the project received specialized workshops in photography and photo editing, with the aim of involving them in the documentation process and enabling them to portray the Yezidi community through their own lenses.
Nasrin Mohammed, director of the HÁWAR.help project, said that the opening of the exhibition comes within the framework of introducing the culture and rituals of the Yezidi community and its historical and social richness, rather than focusing solely on massacres and suffering.
HÁWAR.help e.V. is a human rights organization founded following the genocide suffered by the Yezidis in Shengal. For years, it has worked to document the crimes of genocide against the Yezidis, alongside implementing programs to support survivors and strengthen community protection and empowerment.
The exhibition is scheduled to continue until 7 p.m. today, with a number of guests expected to attend.
It is worth noting that the organization held a similar exhibition last year in the city of Duhok in the Kurdistan Region.
ANHA
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