Quick notes: Arab "friends", Yazidi braveheart...

• Arabs won't help them, so Palestinians shelter among fleeing Kurds in Erbil camp



• We refused to convert to Islam: “It is our own neighbors who did this to us. Why? We never attacked them, never insulted them, never done nothing wrong to them. They betrayed us.”



• A Yazidi Woman's Ordeal: For two long days, they received no water. It was extremely hot and their captors had given them a single glass of tea. They passed around the glass -- two tiny sips for each woman. If you convert to Islam, the men said, you'll be given as much fresh water as you want. "We remained steadfast," says Nadia.



• Iraqi Yazidi girl tells of captivity: The Saudi militant took her to a house where he lived with other fighters. "He told me, 'You'll become Muslim, then I will marry you'. But I refused to become a Muslim and that's why I fled."



• Raghupati Raaghav at White House: Dr Paul Erhard on Double Bass and Robbie Erhard on Cello