Nadia Murad Age, Story, Boyfriend, Husband, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Nadia Murad Basee Taha
Profession	Human-rights Activist
Famous For	Being the first Iraqi to win the Noble Peace Prize
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 168 cm in meters- 1.68 m in feet inches- 5’ 6”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms- 50 kg in pounds- 110 lbs
Figure Measurements (approx.)	32-26-32
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Dark Brown
Personal Life
Date of Birth	Year- 1993
Age (as in 2018)	25 Years
Birthplace	Village- Kojo, District- Sinjar, Iraq
Nationality	German
Hometown	Sinjar, Iraq
School	A High School in Iraq
Educational Qualification	Not Known
Religion	Yazdânism
Ethnicity	Yazidis or Kurdish
Awards, Achievements, Honours	2016: Václav Havel Award for Human Rights by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 2016: Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought (with Lamiya Aji Bashar) 2018: Nobel Peace Prize (with Denis Mukwege)
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Boyfriends	Abid Shamdin
Marriage Date	August 19, 2018
Family
Husband/Spouse	Abid Shamdin (Works as a volunteer at Yazda, a non-profit organisation)
Children	None
Parents	Father- Murad Ismail Mother- Name Not Known
Siblings	Brother- About 10 brothers and some step-brothers Sister- Names Not Known

Some Lesser Known Facts About Nadia Murad

Before being attacked by militants, her family was living happily in its town, Sinjar. Her father was a farmer.

On 3 August 2014, when Murad was only 17 or 19 years old. ISIS militants attacked Yazidis community in Sinjar city of Iraq. Militants forced them to leave their home.
Nadia Murad with her relatives on her way back to home in Iraq in 2017

Militants gave community two options: convert to Islam or die. When people refused to convert to Islam, they were murdered.

Six of Murad’s brothers were killed and some others managed to escape. Militants killed men and took the women and girls.

Murad was among that group of the girls, which was taken to Mosul from Sinjar and all girls were treated as sex slaves. Murad was gang raped many times by militants.

In the city of Mosul, she was held captive. When she tried to escape, she was beaten and raped. Once she managed to escape when her captor forgot to lock the door. Her neighbours sent her to a refugee camp at Duhok in northern Iraq.

She gave her first testimony to journalists of the Belgian daily newspaper La Libre Belgique in February 2015.

In 2015, Murad was one of 1000 women and children, who were benefited by a refugee programme of the Government of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Murad informed the United Nations Security Council on this issue on 16 December 2015.

In September 2016, she founded Nadia’s Initiative, an organization devoted to “helping women and children victimised by mass atrocities, genocide, and human trafficking to rebuild their lives and communities.” The same month, she was named the first Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations (UNODC) for the Dignity of Survivors of Human trafficking.
Nadia Murad addressing United Nations

On 3 May 2017, she met Pope Francis and Archbishop Gallagher in the Vatican City and asked for helping Yazidis who are still in ISIS captivity.
Nadia Murad meeting Pope Francis

On 7 November 2017, Murad’s memoir, The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State was published.
Nadia Murad’s Memoir

Murad got married to fellow Yazidi human rights activist Abid Shamdeen in August 2018.

In October 2018, she along with activist Denis Mukwege, was awarded the Noble Prize for peace.
Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege were awarded Noble Peace Prize jointly