Badarash

thumb|250ppx|Summer time in Badarash
thumb|250ppx|St. George Chaldean Catholic Church
thumb|250ppx|A regular house in Badarash
Badarash is a village in the Iraqi providence of Dohuk.
The village of Badarash is located at a distance of 1.5 kilometres from the centre of Sarsink. 
Its name is of Kurdish origin which means “The Black Air”. This is because of the heavy cold winds and snow that come during the winter.
Most of the village's houses are built from stone and mud and few from stone 
and cement and concrete ceilings. This village was never evacuated. Some residents 
have left their village for Duhok and Baghdad, but majority stayed in Badarash. 
Many houses and fields were burned and destroyed, but owners, nevertheless rebuilt 
them.
== 1900 - 2000 ==
The village was built in 1922 after the 1915 Assyrian exodus from Hakkari, 
Turkey to the effect of Turkish Ottoman and Kurdish attack on Assyrians and Armenians during WW1.
Many of Assyrian families settled in the region after their long and suffering 
retreat from Turkey. During this tragedy which lasted nearly three years, thousands of 
Assyrians died at the hands of their attackers or from hunger, cold and disease such 
as plague. Around 25 Assyrian families settled in Badarash in 1922.
Before Kurdish rebellion in 1961 there were 55 families living in the village. 
But due to the outbreak of civil war in 1961, the village was burned as well as the 
apple groves, which were the main source of income to the inhabitants of the village. 
Farming and growing up domesticated animals formed a second source of income. As 
destruction and war pushed younger residents to immigrate to cities, inhabitancy 
shrank to 35 families. The village however was relatively big comparing to other 
Christian villages. After stability and security improved life became more visible in 
Badarash. The farmers began cultivating their farms and fields and replanting apple 
trees that were burned to ashes and various crops.
The church of the village which is called Mar Gewarges (St. George) was built 
in 1925 in the centre of the village. Another church was built in 1975. Residents 
of Badarash are mixed of two churches: Chaldean Catholic Church and Assyrian Church of the East, but nevertheless all go and pray in the Chaldean church.
Badarash families live on agriculture to get their income. 
They have both sorts of planting lands, the lands that depend on rain and lands that 
are irrigated. They plant fruit trees, vegetables, wheat, and other basic plants. 
However, the water is not enough to plant the lands, and a great percentage of the 
water is wasted due to the miserable condition of the irrigation canal.
Badarash community had many families who are scattered in Iraq and in Exile due to 
the political situation.
==See also==
List of Assyrian villages
Category:Cities, towns and villages in Dahuk Governorate
Category:Settlements established in 1922
Category:Assyrian settlements