Amin Farhan Jejo (also ''Ameen Farhan Jejo'') is a

Yazidi Yazidis or Yezidis (; ku, ئێزیدی, translit=Êzidî) are a Kurmanji-speaking endogamous minority group who are indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in Western Asia that includes parts of Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran. The majo ...

politician and author.

Career

Amin Farhan Jejo was one of the leaders of the Yazidi-interest party, Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress. In December 2005, Amin Farhan Jejo was given a seat in the

Iraqi parliament The Council of Representatives ( ar, مجلس النواب, Majlis an-Nuwwāb al-ʿIrāqiyy; ku, ئه‌نجومه‌نی نوێنه‌ران, ''Enjumen-e Nûnerên''), usually referred to simply as the Parliament is the unicameral legislature o ...

when his Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress party won 0.2 percent of the country's vote.

Works

Amin Farhan Jejo published books about

Yazidi nationalism Yazidis or Yezidis (; ku, ئێزیدی, translit=Êzidî) are a Kurmanji-speaking endogamous minority group who are indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in Western Asia that includes parts of Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran. The ma ...

and the Yazidi language. One of his books is titled ''The Yezidi Nationalism: Its Roots, Constituents and Sufferings'' and another of his books is titled ''The Origins of the Yezidi Language''.

References

{{reflist Yazidi people Iraqi politicians Iraqi writers