Nadia Murad is 33 years old as of October 2026. She was born on 10 March 1993.
Yazidi human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner
Did you know?She was the first person to be appointed as a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking.
Quick facts
Date of birth10 March 1993
Age33
NationalityIraqi
BirthplaceKocho, Iraq
Occupationlecturer, activist, political activist
Editor's Take:
Nadia Murad turned unimaginable suffering into a campaign for justice. Islamic State fighters killed six of her brothers and her mother when they attacked her village. They enslaved her and thousands of other Yazidi women. After escaping, she chose to tell her story in public again and again. She did so to win recognition of the genocide. She shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege. She now works to rebuild Yazidi communities.
Key Milestones
2014: Escapes Islamic State captivity
2015: Speaks to the UN Security Council
2016: Named a UN Goodwill Ambassador
2018: Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Nadia Murad Basee Taha (Kurdish: نادیە موراد بەسێ تەھا; Arabic: نادية مراد باسي طه; born 10 March 1993) is an Iraqi-born Yazidi human rights activist based in Germany. In 2014, during the Yazidi genocide by the Islamic State, she was abducted from her hometown of Kocho in Iraq.
