HAWAR, OUR BANISHED CHILDREN

HAWAR, NOS ENFANTS BANNIS

By Pascale BOURGAUX

FIPADOC - INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL, BIARRITZ - as FEST

Documentary - Completed 2023

Ana crosses Kurdistan, in secret, to see her daughter Marya, whom she hasn't seen for four years. Like many Yazidi women, Ana was kidnapped by Daech in 2014. She survived and returned to her community, but to accept her, her people forced her to abandon her child born of jihadist rape.

Festivals
& Awards

FIPADOC 2024
Competition - International Documentary
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • BELGIUM
    • Languages
    • KURDISH, ENGLISH, ARABIC
    • Duration
    • 73 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Pascale BOURGAUX
    • Synopsis
    • Ana crosses Kurdistan, in secret, to see her daughter Marya, whom she hasn't seen for four years. Like many Yazidi women, Ana was kidnapped by Daech in 2014. She survived and returned to her community, but to accept her, her people forced her to abandon her child born of jihadist rape.