The Erasure of Kandal Village

The village of Kandal was once a thriving Yazidi community until the government systematically wiped it off the map in 1976. Officials bulldozed the town to forcibly displace residents as part of a campaign to change the region's demographics.

This destruction was not an accident but a calculated policy of Arabization intended to dismantle local heritage. By destroying the physical homes of the Yazidi people, the state forced them into collective towns where their traditional lifestyle could be tightly controlled. Today, the village exists primarily as a memory of a displaced community. It serves as a stark reminder of how political agendas can physically erase centuries of history in just a few days.