Diaspora community · North America
Houston, Texas
A Yazidi community in Houston, one of several across the United States beyond Nebraska.
Overview
About Houston, Texas
Houston hosts one of the Yazidi communities that have formed across the United States through refugee resettlement, alongside Lincoln and smaller groups in other states.
These communities are connected through national organisations that support new arrivals and maintain religious and cultural life.
Diaspora communities are described at the level of city or country. Estimates vary widely between sources, so ranges and named sources are preferred over single headline figures.
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Coordinates and external references
Coordinates are approximate and provided for orientation. They should be re-checked against an authoritative gazetteer before any operational use.
Source note
References for this place
This entry is an editorial synthesis of the references below, chosen for the place type. It reproduces no restricted or copyrighted text and should be expanded only after specialist review.
The Yezidis
Saqi, 2005, with later fieldwork on persecution, displacement, and ritual change. Used for contemporary community and displacement context.
The Religion of the Peacock Angel
Routledge, 2014. Reference for the Yazidis of the Caucasus — Armenia, Georgia, and the communities that spread into Russia.
“Yazidis i. General,” Encyclopaedia Iranica
Specialist overview of Yazidi history, geography, community, and identity across the homeland, the Caucasus, and the diaspora.