Hülya Okalin- Medîne Mamedoğlu/JINHA

AMED -Êzidî women, who have settled in camp built by Diyarbakır Municipality since they fled from attacks of ISIS on Shengal, have rebuilt their life with the gardens they formed with a collective effort.

After ISIS gangs attacked Shengal on August 3, 2014, some of Êzidî women fled from them and came to Diyarbakır. Êzidî women, who have settled in camp built by Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality, have tried to rebuild their life despite all pain they suffer. They have planted vegetables in gardens and formed collective life. The women have spent all their day in gardens and shared the vegetables with people in the camp.

One of these women, Mizgin Evdela (37), says working in gardens makes them feel good: "We are living here for years and we don't have anything to do. We are nomadic in this country; we are far away from our homeland. That's why our heart is wounded and we suffer pain. At least, working in gardens makes us forget what is going on around us."

Another Êzidî woman, Besê Emer (50), meanwhile says planting tomatoes, peppers, purslane, eggplant and beans make her feel better.

Xarîp Xerbîl (45) states that men don't understand anything about gardening and only women do garden works.

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