Description
The Yezidis are a Kurdish-speaking religious minority, neither Muslim, Christian nor Jewish. Their ethnicity has been disputed, but most now claim Kurdish identity. Their heartland, including their holiest shrine, is in the Badinan province of Northern Iraq, and it is the communities in this area which are the main focus of this book. Their highly
Table of Contents
Preface, Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, Map 1: Areas inhabited by Kurds, Map 2: Yezidi COn111lUnities in Northern Iraq: Badinan and Sinjar, Part I, Part II: Kurdish Texts and Translations, Notes to Chapters 1-6, Appendix: Inforl1zants and Performers, Bibliography, Index



