Nadia Murad

Maybe people will remember me for being a stylist, not a survivor.

Justice is the only way to achieve peace and co-existence among the various components of Iraq.

The world has only one border. It is called humanity. The differences between us are small compared to our shared humanity. Put humans first.

We must not only imagine a better future for women, children, and persecuted minorities; we must work consistently to make it happen - prioritizing humanity, not war.

What is the fate of my people in Kurdistan and Sinjar Mountain? What must be done so Yazidis can have their rights?

I think there was a reason God helped me escape... and I don't take my freedom for granted.

What happened in Iraq and Syria was that the world remained silent as ISIS expanded.

Deciding to be honest was one of the hardest decisions I have ever made, and also the most important.

It never gets easier to tell your story. Each time you speak it, you relive it.

All in all, 18 individuals from my family are missing, including my six brothers and my mother, my brothers' wives, my nephews and nieces.

I am afraid that Yazidis and Yazidism will vanish and will not be able to resist the extremists.

I didn't want people to know me as a victim.

The terrorists didn't think that Yazidi girls would have the courage to tell the world every detail of what they did to us. We defy them by not letting their crimes go unanswered.

We have to work together in order to prove that genocidal campaigns will fail and lead to accountability of the perpetrators and bring justice for survivors.

I will go back to my life when women in captivity go back to their lives, when my community has a place, when I see people accountable for their crimes.

Every day, I feel like it's the day I was freed from Daesh. Every time I speak about my story, I feel like it's the day I was liberated.

I was the youngest girl among my siblings, a simple village girl, who perhaps was luckier than other siblings as I have the chance to go to school.

Every time I tell my story, I feel that I am taking some power away from the terrorists.