The urgency in numbers
400,000+
displaced Ezidis worldwide
47
countries with Ezidi diaspora
2014
genocide by ISIS (Sinjar)
~70%
of all knowledge keepers over 65 years old
Institute for Ezidi Sciences
Digital preservation of an endangered culture.
Wars and displacement have scattered the Ezidis across the globe. With the loss of the generation that carries orally transmitted knowledge, an irretrievable cultural loss is imminent. We collect, structure, and preserve this knowledge — through architecture and artificial intelligence.
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