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Sharafiya
Sharafiya
	Sharafiya
	Coordinates: 36°41′20″N 43°5′46″E / 36.68889°N 43.09611°E
Country	Iraq
Governorate	Nineveh
District	Tel Kaif
Population [citation needed]
• Total	500
Time zone	GMT +3

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Sharafiya is a village located in Nineveh Governorate in Iraq.

The village is located about 40 Kilometers northwest of the city of Mosul, and is on the main road that connects Mosul to Alqosh, which it is only 5 kilometers south of. Prior to its destruction by the Islamic State, it was home to about 400 families.^[1] After the defeat of the Islamic State in the region by the Kurdish Peshmerga, the village's Church of St. George was restored and baptisms of infants resumed in January 2018.^[1]^[2]

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^ ^a ^b Giovanni, Janine di. "The Vanishing: In the field: the burgeoning understanding of moral injury". Harper's Magazine. Vol. December 2018. ISSN 0017-789X. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
^ "Battle rages for control of Mosul dam". Al Jazeera. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 2024-05-04.

[:0-1] Giovanni, Janine di. "The Vanishing: In the field: the burgeoning understanding of moral injury". Harper's Magazine. Vol. December 2018. ISSN 0017-789X. Retrieved 2024-05-04.

[2] "Battle rages for control of Mosul dam". Al Jazeera. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 2024-05-04.

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-'''Sharafiya''' is a village located in [[Nineveh Governorate]] in [[Iraq]]. The village is located about 40 Kilometers northwest of the city of [[Mosul]], and is on the main road that connects [[Mosul]] to [[Alqosh]], which it is only 5 kilometers south of.
+'''Sharafiya''' is a village located in [[Nineveh Governorate]] in [[Iraq]].
+The village is located about 40 Kilometers northwest of the city of [[Mosul]], and is on the main road that connects [[Mosul]] to [[Alqosh]], which it is only 5 kilometers south of. Prior to its destruction by the [[Islamic State]], it was home to about 400 families.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Giovanni |first=Janine di |title=The Vanishing: In the field: the burgeoning understanding of moral injury |url=https://harpers.org/archive/2018/12/the-vanishing-christians-in-iraq-syria-egypt/ |access-date=2024-05-04 |work=Harper's Magazine |language=en |volume=December 2018 |issn=0017-789X}}</ref> After the defeat of the Islamic State in the region by the Kurdish [[Peshmerga]], the village's Church of St. George was restored and baptisms of infants resumed in January 2018.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=18 August 2014 |title=Battle rages for control of Mosul dam |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2014/8/18/battle-rages-for-control-of-mosul-dam |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=[[Al Jazeera]] |language=en}}</ref>
-==Population==
-Sharafiya was predominantly populated by [[Yazidis]] before [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]] of the [[Tyari (tribe)|Tyari]] tribe settled in the village fleeing [[Hakkâri]] during the [[Assyrian genocide]]. There are two churches in the village: a Chaldean Catholic church and an [[Ancient Church of the East]] named Mar Gewargis (St. George).<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Sharafiya|url=http://www.ishtartv.com/en/viewarticle,35899.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=5 July 2020|website=Ishtar TV}}</ref>
 ==See also==
 *[[List of Assyrian settlements]]
 *[[Proposals for Assyrian autonomy in Iraq]]
+*[[Assyrians in Iraq]]
+*[[Yazidis in Iraq]]
 == Sources ==
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 [[Category:Populated places in Nineveh Governorate]]
 [[Category:Assyrian communities in Iraq]]
-[[Category:Yazidi populated places in Iraq]]
+[[Category:Nineveh Plains]]