Badarash

Badarash is an Assyrian 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. The village was built in 1922 after the 1915 Assyrian exodus from Hakkari, Turkey to the effect of Turkish Ottoman and...