Participants of the “Through Dialogue We Remain and Rise” camp held a handicrafts workshop with Yazidi families on Sinjar Mountain.
The campers gathered in the garden of Yazidi activist Bayezid Khalid. The workshop included making accessories and embroidery, which participants creatively produced and exchanged as souvenirs of the mountain ascent and camping experience.
Afterward, the campers took part in a barbecue led by Ms. Hadeel Barjas Khalaf, who prepared special Sinjari marinades for chicken and meat, with the participation of several young men and women from Khansour, Kursi, and Sinuni.
To the tunes of music and the traditional Yazidi dabke dance, the campers presented souvenir gifts made from embroidered items produced in the Baghdad and Basra camps to the families who hosted them in Sinjar, carrying Yazidi and Iraqi symbols.
This activity is part of the Dialogue and Understanding the Other program, launched by the Masarat Foundation for Cultural and Media Development in collaboration with KAICIID and the House of Coexistence.
The “Through Dialogue We Remain and Rise” camp started in Baghdad with youth from Sinjar, later joined by young people from Baghdad in its first phase. The team then traveled to Basra, followed by Dhi Qar, then Nineveh, and after visiting the Old City of Mosul, they have now reached Sinjar and its surroundings. The camp will continue its tour across other Iraqi cities, aiming to promote dialogue as a means of building peace among followers of different religions and combating hate speech.
