In this episode we speak with Dr. Amy Beam, expert on the Yezidi genocide and author of the book, The Last Yezidi Genocide (available at Amazon.com). Dr. Beam has spent many years working closely with the Yezidi people since ISIS's 2014 invasion of the Shengal territory in Northern Iraq, which led to a genocide against the Yezidi people that is still ongoing.Dr. Beam speaks with us about the regional politics that created and empowered ISIS, the controversy surrounding the pullout of the Kurdish military (the peshmerga) from Shengal just hours before ISIS's arrival, what regional and world powers may have known about ISIS's planned invasion of Shengal before it occurred, why ISIS may have been allowed to invade by internal and external decision-makers, and how ISIS instrumentalized gender roles to commit genocide. She brings us up-to-date on the plans for a tribunal to try ISIS militants for atrocity crimes in Iraq, including the crime of genocide, and offers listeners many ways in which they can be involved in helping the Yezidi people in their ongoing struggle for security and justice.Dr. Beam can be reached at: [email protected]. She accepts donations for her humanitarian work among the Yezidi through Paypal using her email address. She is offering a free copy of her book to anyone who donates $50 or more.CORRECTIONS: Dr. Beam's list of countries attending the meeting in Amman, Jordan in May 2014 should not have included Kuwait but instead Qatar. Kuwait was not represented at the meeting. Also, Mosul is east of Shingal, not west.