According to Yazidi tradition, when the peacock angel first arrived on earth he coloured all things with the vibrancy of his feathers. Yet under heavy grey skies, the rain fell relentlessly on the outskirts of Dohuk city in northern Iraq, creating tracks of thick brown mud. Here a 15-strong Yazidi family, three generations together, sheltered in a half-finished building lent to them by local Chris
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