Shahab Basahar Interview
Channel: University of Nebraska-Lincoln History Dept.
Date: 2021-02-23

An interview with Shahab Basahar. Conducted for Dr. James D. Le Sueur's Fall 2019 History Harvest course, which focused on Lincoln, Nebraska's Yazidi community.

Shahab Bashar and his family survived ISIS’s 2014 genocide against Yazidi. Shahab was born in Sinjar, Iraq in 1984 and has a Bachelor’s degree in General Biology from the University of Sulaimani, Iraq. After graduating he worked as a teacher for six years and as a lab technician for four years in Sinjar, Iraq. Shahab is fluent in English, Arabic, and Kurdish (Kurmanji and Sorani) with three years’ experience in translation and interpretation. Shahab and his family came to the United States from Sinjar, Iraq in February 2017.  Shahab is currently working as client assistance at Yazidi Cultural Center since 2019, and also as an interpreter and coordinator with Community Crops since 2018. He has a special interest in teaching and helping refugees.

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