Author: Hannah Wallace

In an overcrowded Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Sheikhan, Iraq, 24-year-old Kovan looks at pictures of her absent children, a six-year-old boy and a four-year-old girl. It has been four months since she last saw them, following her rescue from the notorious Al Hol camp, home to wives, widows, children, and other family members of Islamic State group (IS) militants. Kovan, along with other Yazidi women rescued from Al Hol, had to leave behind her children born in IS captivity to return home. Kovan’s story is a tragic one, reflecting the ongoing and complex issue of children born to…