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Former Yazidi IS captive's plea to Australia and the world

Nihad Barakat in Toowoomba

Nihad Berekat has been in Toowoomba for nine months. She arrived with her two brothers and one sister. Nihad like thousands of Yazidi women was a captive of IS and used as a sex slave. She was 15 when ISIS captured her.


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By Mayada Kordy Khalil

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Nihad Berekat has been in Toowoomba for nine months. She arrived with her two brothers and one sister. Nihad like thousands of Yazidi women was a captive of IS and used as a sex slave. She was 15 when ISIS captured her.



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