Rezan (11), who was kidnapped by IS in 2014 and freed in early 2019, at the Khanke IDP Camp in Dohuk, Iraqi Kurdistan.

Kristina (12) was kidnapped by IS in 2014 and freed in April 2019, after IS were driven from Baghouz in Syria. She cried when she left the IS family that was keeping her captive. Kristina was taken to the Sharia IDP Camp in Dohuk, Iraqi Kurdistan.

Husband and wife Salim and Sumaya, both aged 21, in their tent at Kabrato Camp 1, Dohuk, Iraqi Kurdistan. Sumaya is from a Yazidi village in the Sinjar region of northern Iraq, and was kidnapped by IS in 2014. She lived as a slave with a Tunisian IS family until 2018, when relatives managed to pay a ransom to free her. Sumaya won’t go outside and contemplates ending her life.

Delivan (10) was held by IS from 2014 until March 2019. His older brother died during a bomb attack while also captive, and their father is still missing. Delivan lives with his mother in  Kabrato Camp 1 in Dohuk, Iraqi Kurdistan. He is violent and often beats her and his brothers.

Amina Ammu (46) was held captive by IS with her two children and a nephew, but has been freed and now lives in an IDP camp in Dohuk, Iraqi Kurdistan.

Jitan (14), pictured in Khanke Village, Dohuk, Iraqi Kurdistan, was kidnapped in 2014 and now speaks Arabic better than his native Kurdish. Several members of his family are still missing.

Hediya (9) spent five years enslaved by IS. Her sister Kristina was also held by IS for five years, but the girls were reunited with their parents in April 2019, after the liberation of Baghuz.

Honar (8), now in Dohuk, Iraqi Kurdistan, was kidnapped in 2014, and his mother and father are missing. He says he was taught to use weapons and witnessed IS fighters execute people. He also says he was beaten regularly by his captives.

Noora Ali Abbas (60) sits with her grandson Harreth (6) in their tent in Salamiyah IDP Camp 2, Nineveh, Iraq. Noora says Harreth’s father was taken by IS in 2015, but Harreth is stateless and unable to get an Iraqi government ID because the authorities believe his father was an IS fighter. Noora suffers from depression and anxiety and doesn’t like to let Harreth out of her sight.

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