{"id":371966,"date":"2025-09-13T05:45:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T11:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T05:45:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T11:45:38","slug":"iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq’s Yazidis rediscover lost history through photos found in museum archive"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
A University of Pennsylvania researcher is leading an effort to connect photos taken of the Yazidi population in northern Iraq in the 1930s with descendants who lost much of their history in the 2014 Islamic State attacks<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A University of Pennsylvania researcher is leading an effort to connect photos taken of the Yazidi population in northern Iraq in the 1930s with descendants who lost much of their history in the 2014 Islamic State attacks Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":371967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","content-type":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-371966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-museum-news"],"yoast_head":"\nIraq's Yazidis rediscover lost history through photos found in museum archive - The Product of Design<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iraq's Yazidis rediscover lost history through photos found in museum archive - The Product of Design\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A University of Pennsylvania researcher is leading an effort to connect photos taken of the Yazidi population in northern Iraq in the 1930s with descendants who lost much of their history in the 2014 Islamic State attacks Read More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Product of Design\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-13T11:45:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/dff361d7-3ee7-48d3-b5e1-1fd994fe07f2\/wirestory_55a68cc4e5644f868411366755252e3b_16x9.jpg?w=1600\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"TPODadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ABC News\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"TPODadmin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/10e000e236c3b85f26a286d96403e2cd\"},\"headline\":\"Iraq’s Yazidis rediscover lost history through photos found in museum archive\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-13T11:45:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":50,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/wirestory_55a68cc4e5644f868411366755252e3b_16x9-sdUli5.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Museum News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\\\/\",\"name\":\"Iraq's Yazidis rediscover lost history through photos found in museum archive - The Product of Design\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/wirestory_55a68cc4e5644f868411366755252e3b_16x9-sdUli5.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-13T11:45:38+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/wirestory_55a68cc4e5644f868411366755252e3b_16x9-sdUli5.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/wirestory_55a68cc4e5644f868411366755252e3b_16x9-sdUli5.jpg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":900},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Iraq’s Yazidis rediscover lost history through photos found in museum archive\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Product of Design\",\"description\":\"Product Development Design Studio\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Product of Design\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i2.wp.com\\\/www.theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/tPOD_logo.png?fit=150%2C43&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i2.wp.com\\\/www.theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/tPOD_logo.png?fit=150%2C43&ssl=1\",\"width\":150,\"height\":43,\"caption\":\"The Product of Design\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/10e000e236c3b85f26a286d96403e2cd\",\"name\":\"TPODadmin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9da046d87f74a01c2e8d6ce7d16e652499472ae7d0ee82daa1c8d9f4988ce16a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9da046d87f74a01c2e8d6ce7d16e652499472ae7d0ee82daa1c8d9f4988ce16a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9da046d87f74a01c2e8d6ce7d16e652499472ae7d0ee82daa1c8d9f4988ce16a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"TPODadmin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/tpod.co\\\/site\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/abcnews.go.com\\\/US\\\/wireStory\\\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-photos-found-museum-125536901\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Iraq's Yazidis rediscover lost history through photos found in museum archive - The Product of Design","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Iraq's Yazidis rediscover lost history through photos found in museum archive - The Product of Design","og_description":"A University of Pennsylvania researcher is leading an effort to connect photos taken of the Yazidi population in northern Iraq in the 1930s with descendants who lost much of their history in the 2014 Islamic State attacks Read More","og_url":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\/","og_site_name":"The Product of Design","article_published_time":"2025-09-13T11:45:38+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/dff361d7-3ee7-48d3-b5e1-1fd994fe07f2\/wirestory_55a68cc4e5644f868411366755252e3b_16x9.jpg?w=1600","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"TPODadmin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ABC News"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\/"},"author":{"name":"TPODadmin","@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/10e000e236c3b85f26a286d96403e2cd"},"headline":"Iraq’s Yazidis rediscover lost history through photos found in museum archive","datePublished":"2025-09-13T11:45:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\/"},"wordCount":50,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wirestory_55a68cc4e5644f868411366755252e3b_16x9-sdUli5.jpg","articleSection":["Museum News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\/","url":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\/","name":"Iraq's Yazidis rediscover lost history through photos found in museum archive - The Product of Design","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wirestory_55a68cc4e5644f868411366755252e3b_16x9-sdUli5.jpg","datePublished":"2025-09-13T11:45:38+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wirestory_55a68cc4e5644f868411366755252e3b_16x9-sdUli5.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wirestory_55a68cc4e5644f868411366755252e3b_16x9-sdUli5.jpg","width":1600,"height":900},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-through-photos-found-in-museum-archive\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Iraq’s Yazidis rediscover lost history through photos found in museum archive"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/#website","url":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/","name":"The Product of Design","description":"Product Development Design Studio","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/#organization","name":"The Product of Design","url":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tPOD_logo.png?fit=150%2C43&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tPOD_logo.png?fit=150%2C43&ssl=1","width":150,"height":43,"caption":"The Product of Design"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/10e000e236c3b85f26a286d96403e2cd","name":"TPODadmin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9da046d87f74a01c2e8d6ce7d16e652499472ae7d0ee82daa1c8d9f4988ce16a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9da046d87f74a01c2e8d6ce7d16e652499472ae7d0ee82daa1c8d9f4988ce16a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9da046d87f74a01c2e8d6ce7d16e652499472ae7d0ee82daa1c8d9f4988ce16a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"TPODadmin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/tpod.co\/site"],"url":"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/iraqs-yazidis-rediscover-lost-history-photos-found-museum-125536901"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wirestory_55a68cc4e5644f868411366755252e3b_16x9-sdUli5.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}