While waiting outside of the Canadian House of Commons, Nadia Murad and Murad Ismael watch the exercises of the Canadian soldiers and feel a sense of cultural alienation. She remarks on the difference between Iraqi, Kurdish and Yazidi soldiers and the Canadian soldiers. She explains how Iraqi, Kurdish and Yazidi soldiers are getting “killed in the heat... being torn to pieces every day.. Instead, she notices that “people here just get to watch theirs.” Ismael responds, “Those areas are like hell for no reason.” What do you think Murad and Ismael feel watching the Canadian soldiers? How do you feel about the differences between the experiences of the soldiers in each of these regions? Are there reasons for these differences that run deeper than the current state of affairs?

In the Petra camp, a young Yazidi refugee man exclaims, “We escaped from the Arab world because there was a genocide happening. We came here to Europe and it's like another genocide is happening.” What do you think he means when he says “another genocide is happening”? How do you think the world should be treating Yazidi refugees and victims of violence? More than once Murad and other Yazidis said they wanted protection outside of Iraq only to be met with explanations about how the refugee and asylum system are backlogged and bureaucratic with millions of refugees worldwide in need of protection. Should there be a system to fast track Yazidi cases in need of protection? Why or why not?