Yazidi Academy

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Hannover's mayor Bernd Strauch welcoming Atheel al-Nujaifi, governor of Nineveh, at the Ezidische Akademie in 2014 Eziden und andere Minderheiten in Ninive (Gastvortrag), (016) Grusswort von Bernd Strauch, 1. Burgermeister und Vertreter des Oberburgermeisters von Hannover.jpg
Hannover's mayor Bernd Strauch welcoming Atheel al-Nujaifi, governor of Nineveh, at the Ezidische Akademie in 2014

The Yazidi Academy (German : Jesidische Akademie) is a non-profit organisation and learned society based in Hanover, Germany.

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The organisation was founded in 2009, it concerns itself with the historical and current situation of the Yazidis. Since then, it has also published the German-language magazine Zeitschrift der Ezidischen Akademie. Forum für Diskussionsbeiträge zum Ezidentum. [1] It also hosts the Yazidi Library that had been established in 2007.

The Yazidi Academy is a member of the network of migrants initiatives MiSO. [2] It offers literacy and German courses as well as legal counselling for asylum seekers. [3]

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  1. "About us". Ezidische Akademie. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  2. MiSO-Mitglieder stellen sich vor: Ezidische Akademie e. V., MiSO-Netzwerk Hannover
  3. Asylhilfe Niedersachsen Archived 2015-10-04 at the Wayback Machine , ezidische-akademie.de