CINMENA

Confederation of Indigenous Nations of the Middle East and North Africa (CINMENA)

The Middle East—long regarded as a tinderbox of tribal and religious conflicts—is also the world’s cradle of civilizations. As such, even today the Middle East is home to a remarkable rainbow of ancient nations, each wishing to safeguard its own distinctive linguistic, religious and cultural heritage as well as its own beloved homeland.

The Confederation of Indigenous Nations of the Middle East and North Africa (CINMENA) is governed by principles including the following: 

Article 1—Membership

The Confederation of Indigenous Nations of the Middle East Alliance is open to all nations of the Middle East (hereafter called the Parties) that:

1. have organized social traditions, territory and a system of self-government;
2. identify as indigenous;
3. wish for autonomy; and
4. agree with the founding principles of this Confederation.

Article 2—Peaceful Means

“The Parties undertake, as set forth in the Charter of the United Nations, to settle any international dispute in which they may be involved by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security and justice are not endangered.”

-CINMENA 2020 Treaty of Shingal

The rise of religious fundamentalism and intolerance in the Middle East came to a head in 2014 with the emergence of the so-called Islamic State and its genocidal policies targeting Yezidis and other threatened minorities.

“Out of concern for collective self-protection, the Yezidi have pulled together with the Mandaeans, Shabak, Shia Kurds, Assyrians, and Zoroastrians in Iraq, Syria and elsewhere. We have made important diplomatic initiatives with states and indigenous nations. And we have taken significant steps toward negotiating a self-governing agreement with the Iraqi government.”

-Nallein Satana Al-Jilwah Sowilo, Co-Convener of CINMENA

The Confederation of Indigenous Nations of the Middle East and North Africa (CINMENA) is an expanding bloc of non-aligned nations including:

1. Abābdah Nation of Egypt and Sudan
2. Afghan Hindu Congress
3. Ahwaz Nation of Iran
4. Al-Anbar-Al-Jolan
5. Al-Dulaimi Tribal Confederation of Iraq
6. Al-Qaddafa Tribe
7. Albu-Nasral-Tikriti
8. Amazigh Tribes of Libya
9. Amazigh Confederation of North Africa
10. Amazigh Kabyle of Algeria
11. Amazigh Tribes of Egypt
12. Amazigh Tribes of Mali
13. Amazigh Tribes of Morocco
14. Amazigh Tribes of Niger
15. Amazigh Tribes of Tunisia
16. Anazzah Tribal Confederation of Iraq
17. East Kurdistan
18. Ezidikhan Armenia
19. Ezidikhan Georgia 
20. Ezidikhan Iraq
21. Ezidikhan Syria
22. Ezidikhan Turkey
23. Fallujah Tribal Confederation
24. Ḥizb Al-Ba’aṯ Al-‘Arabī Al-Ištir Tribe of Iraq
25. Idlib Druze-Domari Alliance of Syria
26. Jahalin Bedouin Tribe of Palestine
27. Jews of Morocco
28. Kalash Chitral Indigenous Tribal Coalition
29. Kam Assembly of Turkey
30. Kawliya of Iraq
31. Khuzestan
32. Kirkuk Bayat Tribe
33. Kurdish Republic
34. Luristan
35. Maʻdān Nation of Iraq & Iran
36. Mandaeans of Iraq Iran & Syria 
37. Mullagori Tribes of Pakistan and Afghanistan
38. Nineveh Tribal Assembly of Iraq
39. Nubians of Upper Egypt
40. Palestinian Bedouin Nation of Israel and Jordan
41. Qashqai Tribes
42. Shabaks of Iraq
43. Shammar Tribes of Iraq
44. Sulukule (Roma) of Turkey
45. Syrian Bedouin Confederation
46. Tafsut Amazigh of Morocco
47. Turkmen of Iran
48. Turkmen of Syria
49. Turkmeneli Nation of Iraq and Syria
50. World Amazigh Congress
51. Yarmouk Basin Nations
52. Yarsan Nation of Iraq & Iran
53. Zargari Nation of Iran
54. Zagros Liberal Alliance of Iran
55. Zoroastrians of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India

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