Nadia Murad

I want to be the last girl in the world with a story like mine.

I'll see myself as a person of worth on the day when terrorists are brought to justice.

Every time I tell my story, I feel that I am taking some power away from the terrorists.

We must remain committed to rebuilding communities ravaged by genocide. Survivors deserve a safe and secure pathway home or safe passage elsewhere.

I didn't want people to know me as a victim.

What is the fate of my people in Kurdistan and Sinjar Mountain? What must be done so Yazidis can have their rights?

Deciding to be honest was one of the hardest decisions I have ever made, and also the most important.

It never gets easier to tell your story. Each time you speak it, you relive it.

I was a farmer, a villager, and I was born to be such.

We must not only imagine a better future for women, children, and persecuted minorities; we must work consistently to make it happen - prioritizing humanity, not war.

The terrorists didn't think that Yazidi girls would have the courage to tell the world every detail of what they did to us. We defy them by not letting their crimes go unanswered.

I think there was a reason God helped me escape... and I don't take my freedom for granted.

World leaders and, particularly, Muslim religious leaders need to stand up and protect the oppressed.

Every day, I feel like it's the day I was freed from Daesh. Every time I speak about my story, I feel like it's the day I was liberated.

Sometimes I feel that my message has not been clearly heard. But that is not my fault because I feel like too much is going on in terms of women being victims.

I want to learn English.

I want to create a family with my fiance and be able to live a simple life and just be safe.

The Yazidi people, they are very - they just want a simple life.

I was the youngest girl among my siblings, a simple village girl, who perhaps was luckier than other siblings as I have the chance to go to school.