Iman was taken by the I-S group from her village of Kocho in the Sinjar district of Northern Iraq at five years old in 2014 -
She was freed three years later.
"I often remember and it gets me really upset. I lost my Mum and my siblings. If it had never happened I would probably still be with my family."
She now lives in the New South Wales regional town of Wagga Wagga with her father - Shammo Silo.
He fought tirelessly for Iman and her sisters' release.
"From the day they were captured until the day they returned, I was constantly searching and asking about them. Iman came through the Iraqi Embassy in Turkey. She was taken there by an IS family and lived with them. IS still has two of my sons, my wife and my father."
Multiples bodies such as a commission mandated by the United Nations Human Rights Council have called the Sinjar massacre a genocide.
400,000 Yazidis were forced to leave their homes, tens of thousands fleeing to the Sinjar Mountains, trapped for weeks without food, water or medical supplies.
"When this day approaches, the 3rd of August, memories come back as IS controlled Sinjar, I remember that hour when they took our people away."
NGO's estimate at least 200,000 Yazidis remain displaced in camps,
Many fearful of returning to the Sinjar district, where mass graves are still being found.
According to the latest census there are more than 4000 Yazidi's in Australia. Most of this group arrived under humanitarian visas
Wagga Wagga has been receiving Yazidi refugees since 2016.
This is Michael McCormack, the federal member for the Riverina.
"I'm very proud to say that I gave those Yazidi's their start here in Wagga Wagga and if I do nothing else in politics I'll always look back and say that was not just the right thing to do for our city, but the best thing to do for our city and region."
Ten years on from what happened in Sinjar - there's a solemnness in many Yazidi households across the regional tow
"This day will never be forgotten. For us, this day is a very challenging day. The events of that day are only known to us. We are aware that we lost everything—family members, young men, property, our village—and that what had happened to us was extremely difficult."
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