Yazidi Americans

Yazidi Americans
Total population
2,000 (est.)
Languages
Ezdiki (Kurmanci), English, Arabic
Related ethnic groups
Iranian peoples

Yazidis in the United States may refer to people born in or residing in the United States of full or partial Yazidi origin.

There are an estimated 2000 Yazidis who live in United States of America, primarily in the city of Lincoln, Nebraska. Many of them are refugees from Iraq and Syria.

Notable people

Murad Ismael – executive director of the U.S. branch of the global Yazidi organization, Yazda^[1]
Dakhil Shammo – journalist and Yazidi rights activist^[2]

References

↑ "Murad Ismael". Yazda. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
↑ "Yazidi Activist: People are Facing Genocide in Iraq". NBC News. Retrieved 2016-03-24.

External links

Yazidi diaspora and regions

Asia	Armenia Georgia Syria Turkey

Europe	France Germany Russia Sweden

North America	Canada United States

Middle Eastern Americans

Afghan¹ Pashtun Arab Emirati Egyptian Iraqi Jordanian Kuwaiti Lebanese Omani Palestinian Saudi Syrian Yemeni Armenian Assyrian Azerbaijani Coptic Iranian Jewish Israeli Syrian Kurdish Yazidis Turkish

By location	Detroit

Notes ¹ The U.S. Census Bureau considers Afghanistan a South Asian country, but does not classify Afghan Americans as Asian, but as Middle Eastern American.

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