The Kurdish population is estimated to be between 30 and 45 million. Most Kurdish people live in Kurdistan, which today is split between Iranian Kurdistan, Iraqi Kurdistan, Turkish Kurdistan, and Syri
Kurdish girl in Mardin Province
Kurdish family in Bisaran, Iran
Yazidi pilgrimage to Lalish temple in Iraqi Kurdistan
Kurdish demonstration against ISIS, Vienna, Austria, 10 October 2014
Yazidis, also spelled Yezidis, are a Kurdish-speaking endogamous religious group indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in Western Asia that includes parts of Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Iran, wi
Yazidis celebrating Yazidi New Year at Lalish in 2018, in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq
Yazidi chief in Bashiqa, Iraq - picture by Albert Kahn (1910s)
Yazidi temple in Bashiqa, 2020
Yazidi women in traditional dress