Women with Gunpowder Earrings (2018) Movie Script
1
There's a sniper on
this side, we can't cross
We'll go to the roof
Let's see if we can pass
go down, go down
Are you a journalist?
sit down, sit down
Emergency,
emergency, lift it properly
this way this way
Put your head down,
there's a sniper!
- Let's take him outside, come on.
- Come on
Come on, come on, come on guys
hold it well
Come, come, (Noor), come
- Come on, it's dangerous.
- This is a journalist?
- Was he a journalist?
- No
Was he a journalist?
Slowly, move steadfastly
Follow me, follow me
The house is clean, don't worry
There is a sniper on
this side, be careful
- sniper?
- Yeah, there's a sniper on this side.
Be carefull
Back off, back off
I didn't come to stay behind
It is true that here was the
front line but not anymore
I didn't come to stay behind the
front line, I came to see people
And families and learn about their
fate, to see what the armed forces do
My life is not more valuable than
the lives of these advanced heroes
Actually I can't, I
have to move forward
I can't just watch the troops
advancing in the front line and stay still
I have to advance
Just take us there and leave us
- Who is responsible for you?
- what?
- what?
- Who is responsible for you?
We are journalists and
we came here on our own
- Are you alone?
- Yes, we are responsible for ourselves
We came alone
Just let's ride with you and take
us, we'll come back ourselves
There must be a
car to get us back
It doesn't matter where we go
- It doesn't matter where
- how about you leave?
No, we will not leave, we go
to the operations area every day
The area is full of
snipers and ISIS men
Yesterday one of our colleagues
was martyred, did you not hear?
We just want you to
serve us with this car lift
It's not fair to stay here
We've been here for
more than three hours
- This here?
- A car bomb exploded here
- That car - That there?
- Yes - In this place?
That car over there
- We can't go further, we're
stopping here - Only here?
Is there a problem if I cross?
- Any problem if you pass?
- No problem
I am going
We are already scared,
why are you yelling?
What if someone was here?
What if it was a car
bomb and exploded?
What if someone was here?
They don't know about this
Get away, get away from the car!
- Don't go near it, something
might happen - No, I won't
There's a car bomb here
- what? in the house?
- There's a car bomb
- Well, let's go, come
on - Come on, go, go
- Come on, move.
- There's a car bomb
- Move over - I'm coming
Let's go one by one guys
Let's go out this
way if possible
Step away, what's
your name, miss?
Don't care about me,
take care of yourself
I have your back
And I will come in after you
Yes, enter
Is there no way
home from this side?
No, no, there is none
ISIS men control the hills
- Yes - the high hills
So they can see and
control other areas
We won't do anything,
we won't do anything
(Omar), (Omar)
Don't go on like this
It's not like that, be
carefull not to be hurt
- (Omar)
- We don't want that
Listen to me, (Omar).
You're not supposed to stay
here but it's okay, be careful
- Be careful - I'm
coming from this side
I will join you from this side
- from where?
- We'll get out of here
- It's better for us
and them - Let's go
We won't see anyone, and no
one will be able to see us from here
We won't see anyone
and nobody will see us
Just be careful
come from here
watch out
Wait, wait
Come on
Come Quickly
- Hello, how are you?
- Welcome
okay, who are you?
We are from the War Media News Agency,
we are here to check on your condition
To monitor the course of operations,
are you forward or backward
There is a prisoner of ISIS
men here that you can meet
Yes, I saw one of them
No, this is another
one, his leg is injured
- Yeah, well - They ran
with their families yesterday
And all the remaining
ISIS elements are foreigners
Yesterday they took
their families and ran away
And there was a
warplane bombed them
Now I will let you picture
the men and women of ISIS
Now there is one
ISIS family here
Well, we have to
photograph them, we must
show that ISIS is
defeated on this front
We should take the
movies for everyone to see
It should, none of this has
been reported in the media yet
We must say that the Iraqi
army has reached this area
This must be portrayed in
advertising, how will we do it?
If you do not allow us to
photograph ISIS or ISIS families
Do not give us any information
- I'm trying to help
you - No, you're not
No, on the contrary
- That's how you don't
help us - No, we want help
But we don't have the
authority to let you take pictures
No, I don't want a permit
We just want to
see this ISIS family
- Like - How did you get here?
It's like we came, no
The captain who was
here said he would drive us
- He brought you here?
Yeah, he said he'd get us
We will roam the area without
him being responsible for us
We came and found them
- You have no responsibility
- Well, no problem, ok
I will be grateful to you
We risked coming here to do
something we can't sit idly by
We've been here
since this morning
First, it is dangerous for you
- No, don't worry, they told me
this before - Wait, hear me, hear me
You coming here is wrong
- Don't worry about
that - No, that can't be
- Well, what's next? What else is there?
- Wait, listen to me
This morning (Murtaza)
and I were trapped
We don't want this to happen
We too were trapped that day
- But we're fine now - You
should be in a safe place
This place is safe with you here
Yes, we are at your service
We, I do some reports too
There is only one
request from you
Can you help me see this family?
- Well, no problem.
- That's all I want
Tell us, don't
forget to tell us guys
When you go this way,
tell us to run with you
- Wait for our signal - it
will follow your movements
- Wait for our signal -
OK, we will follow you
But let's go one by one
- Yeah, yeah, yeah,
come on - Are you ready?
- Come on, shall I go?
- Go after him
- But wait until he
arrives - All right
- OK - be careful
on the road, brother
- I want to pass now
- Come on, we'll pass
Come with me,
let's cross, come on
Watch your feet
- I'm pointing at the armored car -
Yeah, let the armored car come here
- Come here, from here,
from here - let him come
Go ahead, go ahead,
okay that's enough, enough
- Stop, stop -
Enough, that's enough
Come on, come on
Come on
This is ISIS, isn't it?
Can you open your eyes?
- No, no - You can't?
When did you get hurt?
When did you get hurt?
I do not speak Arabic
Are you from Alyaziah?
- We are from Tal (Afar)
- From Tal (Afar)
When the war broke
out we came here
we came from there
It was bombed that night
Then we got hurt
Many of us died
Then we came back
- We got out from there.
- Why didn't you leave Tal (Afar)?
- They did not let us -
They did not let us, son
Didn't all the families
leave from there?
We tried to go out more than
once, but they wouldn't let us
And we had no money to
give to the smugglers to get out
- So we stayed.
- What?
- Smugglers, don't they want the money?
- okay
We had no money
So we are back
What is your
relationship with them?
he is my cousin
Where your family?
My family is in (Mosul)
Why did not you go with them?
I swear we went to (Mosul),
but they brought us back
From the (Kalcik) Bridge,
do you know where it is?
- Yeah - from there, we
couldn't go any further
Why didn't you go
with your family?
I was in a car and
they were in another car
They crossed, but I didn't
How were you in a car
and they are in another car?
Weren't you supposed
to walk together?
No, we were in cars, not on foot
- Yes - In cars
We were in cars, not on foot
Your hand couldn't have
turned like this in one day
In a day? I swear
Your hand has become like this
from holding guns, don't deny it
Don't deny it
I swear I didn't hold any guns
I didn't hold any weapon
- Can not you see?
- it's clear
Not with ISIS?
who are they? No,
I wasn't with them
my family is not
Come here a little
As associates
Everyone knows the difference
between the army and the armed forces
- Looking at the
hands - Yeah, right
- Yeah, right - that's
what they reveal
Everyone knows this,
now if you look at my hands
- This is my hand, look at my
fingers - These are your fingers
- And look at their
fingers - There is a sign
There are the same signs
that indicate carrying a weapon
- It is clear that he is an
ISIS man - This is clear
It is clear that
he is an ISIS man
Impossible not to be
Because we already
arrested someone
We questioned him a lot
- We asked him a lot and
he confessed - He confessed
He said he was forced to cooperate
with them, so this man is an ISIS operative
These families
came from that place
The families who stayed
there are definitely ISIS
Any family coming from
that place is definitely ISIS
There is no doubt
that they are all ISIS
I questioned this woman,
she said she didn't know
and then
She said, "No, he knows."
"My uncle, this
man is my uncle."
It is clear that he
is a member of ISIS
How are you (Salih)?
- Dear (Saleh)
- We don't know what to do with these kids
They cry and need everything
Look at this woman,
her feet are not moving
Americans live happily
Yes right
Do you understand
what she is saying?
she said that if
one American dies
Everyone goes for it, but so many of
our people die every day and no one cares
And we are all afraid
True, God suffices me
and He is the best agent
Who do we ask for help?
Someone come, Iraq has
turned into a training camp
Everyone does what he likes
Nobody ever believes
us, I swear we're confused
Kids are going crazy
with these sounds
Nothing, don't be afraid
She seems to know what the plane is
and what to do, she is looking at the plane
And the little girl smiles
Her name is (Fatima), (Fatima)
Her father is a member of ISIS
She has two sisters, one of
whom was killed in the bombing
and the other is here
Where is your father, Fatima?
She doesn't know
anything about her father
Because he is a member of ISIS, he
is fighting our forces on the other side
In what year did ISIS come here?
three years ago
I think it was 2014
- Is not it right?
- okay
Troops that were
here before, but left
Now the same forces
want to get you out of here
- I hope so - so I advise you
To stay here a little
longer, it's better for you
There's a sniper here, someone
shot me when I was on the street
Do you have children?
- I have five children, I
swear to God - five children
- Do you see my daughter here?
- I swear to God I see, I swear to God
- I haven't changed her
nappy in two days - You're right
- She doesn't have milk or
anything - But take my advice
You better stay here, tell
the officer to give you food
We'll move them now
As you wish, but most of them are
children and most of the girls are injured
OK, don't worry
Most of them are injured,
most of them are injured
We want to move them from house
to house, through a car to cross
Our only problem is that street
- And the sniper - The
street and the sniper
I'll get them out of here now
Yes, thats right
Poor people, these
kids, these kids
What do you mean it's
none of my business?
These are children,
the woman is crying
They are poor
No, they are poor
get back a little bit
Wait, let her out
Come on, let me help, come on
(Noor, Noor)
- Get out - Wait a
minute, wait a minute
Got it, let me tell
him something
I want to tell you
something, it's intelligence
I just want him to tell us
something and then leave
-I just want to - Can't
I want to, I want one
thing and then I'm leaving
Just one thing
This is wrong, families
shouldn't be treated this way
Most of them are children and
women, it is wrong to shout at them
- It can't be
- From yesterday, excuse
me - I'm not screaming
Excuse me, we know from
yesterday that they are ISIS families
But you should not
treat children this way
What is their fault to enter
and tell them that they are ISIS?
It's an assult
It is true that they are from
ISIS but do not tell them
Take them out and talk to them
They are all women and children
They are all women and
children, women and children
You can not? Why can't you?
When I was coming, a
sniper fired at me three times
I swear to God
Well, slow down, slow down
Come on move fast
I swear this is a
crime against them
It's dangerous to get them
out that door and risk their lives
Don't get them out that door
no no
- Please don't go, stay with
us - I can't, he won't let me
No, don't go, you are
woman, stay with us
Please don't leave, stay with us
We are so afraid
We can't stay here, it's
dangerous for all of us
It's better to stay
here, I'm afraid the
houses will be
booby-trapped or something
We don't know yet
about the situation
But wait for an armored carrier
so that we can transport you
Your duty is to photograph
just this
No, you are wrong
- You don't - You,
allow me, allow me
My duty and your duty is to save these
families, I am not here to record anything
- I came to save the
families - Just wait
No, you said my duty, my
duty is to save these families
Hell with photography
and TV channel
File a complaint and have them
fire me, I'm here to save them
I'm here to give them water, you see
this woman? She said something good
She said they were looking for me,
because women understand women
She said every minute
someone comes and yells at them
It is not permissible for men
to be menstruating over women
it is not permissible to
- Open the door
for me - It's open
Come on, come on, shall we ride?
Come on (Muhammad) ride
Does anyone know Arabic?
- Do you speak Turkish?
- okay
they are all turkish
We want to go to
Turkey, please help us
Our husbands brought us
here by force, I wanted to escape
Where are your husbands?
Where are your husbands?
Our husbands, my husband died
Take off your veil
from your sister
No, open it
open it
Open it, open it, open it
open it my dear
Take it off too, take it off
Calm down, calm down, calm
down, calm down, calm down
the toilet?
come on, come on
Hold it
Come on
- Calm down, calm
down - Come on, come on
come on, slowly
Slowly, take off your veil
Come on, move from behind
Come on down, come on down
Does anyone have water?
(Mohammed) Do you have water?
Does anyone have water?
Look at the people coming,
thank God for your safety
- how are you?
- Where were you?
- how are you?
- Where were you?
I saw you from there and came
We told them we
came with the refugees
And we said that the
journalists took us outside
They are the ones
who brought us out
And someone came
He talks a lot, we said they
were the ones who took us out
We did not come with foreigners
Tell him not to write
our names next to them
- We didn't ride with them
- We were looking for you
We didn't want to ride
in the car without you
But we did it in the end
I knew the armed forces
would bring you here
So I beat you here
We are so tired, if you were with
us, we would have arrived earlier
- Yeah right - Yeah
but what can I do? If it wasn't
for my work and my leg injury
I would have arrived early
Thank God we saw each
other, I was so happy to see you
They told me that there are people
who want to see me, I was so happy
My dear, why are you
crying? Why are you crying?
come on, come on
You know the condition of mothers
and the pain of children, right?
Yes, yes, may God help you
We will bring you medicine
You will get better
and wear out, right?
I wish you could get us diapers
- I can't now - I'm
embarrassed to tell anyone
- I'm embarrassed, no, no -
Feminine tissues or diapers?
- for children - for children?
- I'll solve it - You know
we don't have money
- Their mother?
- This child's mother
- Yes, she died?
- she died
Are you their grandmother?
Where is his father?
with peshmerga
His father is with the peshmerga
And his mother,
are you his aunt?
- Are you his aunt?
- Yes
Does he have brothers or alone?
Two girls and a boy
these?
Did their mother
die in the bombing?
No
Her husband wanted to take
revenge on her, but she blew herself up
We were waiting for her to be examined
and suddenly she blew herself up
Do you mean the mother of
these children blew herself up?
Yes
You asked me about
the fate of these women
What is the fate of these women?
Something happened
in this area before that
If you knew about it, you would
never want to see anything else
I have two cousins
In the armed
forces in Tel (Afar)
OK? ISIS took
them from the house
One of them has two girls
I swear to god two
girls, (guson) and (amal).
(Amal) was born two months
after her father was taken
she never saw her father
That's why she was named (Amal),
hoping that her father would come back
What do you expect me to
tell them if I talk to them now?
But humanity is
above everything to us
When we came, we started
working with the DARY organization.
We did this for humanitarian
reasons, not revenge
We lost some things too
Our women stayed
here in horrific conditions
(Abu Youssef),
advertising, the situation
- Too bad - Today this is a case
- This is a case
- very, very bad
There are worse cases than this
Do we play some music
so they can hear a little?
Let's play the music
Hello momy
Yes son, good night
- Hello - Hello
Happy New Year
Happy New Year my dear
Hope you are safe
and healthy too
hello mom
How are you dear? what's new?
how are you?
How are you, (Hassouni)?
- I'm good.
- How's it going, my dear?
Happy New Year
Why are you crying, (Jamila)?
I miss you
Why are you crying my dear?
I want you to come home
I'll come my dear, I'll come
I will come in two days
How is (Mariam)? Is she okay?
Yes, she is fine
Do you take care of (Mariam)?
Yes
What's wrong, dear (Sophia)?
What's wrong, dear (Sophia)?
Gosh
Well, well, well
This drink will relieve her pain
ok doctor
This is used daily
She should not wear any clothes
These are foreign ISIS families
Including Chechens,
Turks and other citizens
This is where ISIS brought them
And they lived under the rule
of ISIS for three years in (Mosul)
and others and Tel (Afar).
Now only the children remain
None of the men left
All the terrorists
are not with them
Some have returned
to their countries
Some were killed by the security
forces and the popular crowd
Children and
mothers are the rest
But their children are
here with their mothers
some of them were
injured in the bombing
ISIS treated them harshly
What is the fault of the children?
What is their guilt for the crimes of ISIS?
Now look at the children are migrants,
tired and their condition is deplorable
The burden is on the mothers
They are all afraid of not knowing
how their condition will develop
We can't even
communicate with them
Because they speak
a different language than ours, which
prevents us from communicating with them
Sometimes we can
work as assistants
thank you
Welcome
You should cover
the burns right now
Does she have another problem?
She has no other
problems besides burns
How did they come
to Iraq from Russia?
like others
It was a good
opportunity to travel
Do you know other countries to travel to?
- No
I do not know
No, no, no, no
Ask her why she got
married at such a young age?
So that she can easily travel
to Azerbaijan and back easily
She got married on the condition
that she go back to Azerbaijan
So she wasn't married
when she came?
No, she weren't
She says she didn't
know the situation here
How did she come
if she was single?
She came with her family?
She came with her family or
came by herself
"They told us in Azerbaijan that
the situation here is really great"
And the Mujahideen
will give us everything.
"So we came to live here."
"Actually, they cheated us."
"They brought us
here through Syria."
"We came, but we saw that
we live in camps and tents"
Under constant bombardment
We wanted to get married on the
condition that we go back to Azerbaijan"
"And then ISIS killed
the father of this child.
'He died because of them'
Why did you come to Iraq?
"We were in the
beginning in Syria"
Then we came to Iraq.
Why did you come?
"We came for Islam and Sharia"
But the war and the bombing
"took our peace"
- Why did you come here?
- "In Turkey were the Muslims"
"They fight among themselves"
"In the twelve months in
which ISIS was besieged"
"We've only been under
pressure in the last few days."
And how was the experience?
"Thank God they respected us"
"And we had a good life"
"We had so many
tired, single mothers"
"But we had a good
situation, they took care of us"
"You have no
idea our suffering."
"You hurt our feelings, we were in
the middle of shells and missiles."
"Was this your claim to humanity? We
were bombed, we were tired and hungry"
"Who is responsible for this?"
America, Iran and Iraq
Turkey did the same too.
"You all did this."
"Do you understand what I mean?"
While America, Iran and even
Turkey, they did worse than this.
"Then you claimed that ISIS
were terrorists and that's it."
"Who did you bomb? Are these kids
terrorists? What harm did I do to you?"
Did I kill you or did these
kids do anything against you?
"What do you want with us?
What sin have we committed?"
"Look where we are now."
"what do you want from us?"
"Check your conscience, people
live comfortably in Turkey and America"
"Why can't I? That's why I
came to Iraq, to live comfortably."
"I'm desperate and sad, is
this all about being a Muslim?"
"Oh my God"
"Yes, these kids
are terrorists."
Hi (Jafar)
(Jafar)
put him here
Oh my God
Good
Brave, brave, brave
Is that beautiful?
I have fond memories
of the days gone by
I will say goodbye here
and go somewhere else
(Kojo) is a ghost town
(Kojo) has been a ghost
town for two and a half years
And today
I see two women here
From the same women who
were ISIS captives in this school
Tomorrow they
will leave here again
Most of the people of (Kojo)
fled here, with teary eyes for sure
It sure is sad
We don't know about
these innocent people!
We don't know
how they were killed
I don't know many details,
but what I do know is that
ISIS captured the
women in this school
And they sold them
as a play buddys
They sold them for a pack
of cigarettes or even gum
Or maybe give them as gifts
We don't know many details
What I know may be a little
And what is hidden is greater
ISIS is dead
Did they bring you
from your home?
Did you come alone?
how?
They told us to come, so we came
What you mean?
First, they tell the Sheikh
When they said that,
it was about fifty people
Attending his gathering,
telling the others
Everyone was informed,
the neighbors told each other
I was notified at school
This is how the news
spread in the city
why did you come?
What did you come to do?
They said they wanted to
leave us in the mountains
As we did with Christians
We will take all your belongings
And we leave you in the
mountains and deserts
This is my older brother
This is my younger brother
The rest are my friends
This is my uncle,
this is my grandfather
My uncle, my dad
My uncle, my younger uncle
When we left our homes
and entered through this door
ISIS men were inside
Only women and children entered
And our sheikh entered with us
Our sheikh did not leave us
He stayed here
It was the worst moment
of our lives for us girls
The hardest thing in our
life was losing our hope
Neither mother nor father
No child, no husband,
no brother, nothing
The last person they
took was our sheikh
They took out his
wedding ring from his finger
In front of everyone
who was here
He was standing here
When they take his wedding ring
He said, "Don't do that. This
ring means everything in my life."
When they take
The women to the Sinjar
At night
They separated single girls
and married women
And the old women
from each other
At two in the morning
they took the girls to Mosul.
And the boys to Tal (Afar)
The next day they
killed all the mothers
What sin did our mothers commit?
Doesn't he have a mother?
What is their fault?
It's true that there's
no one left of (Kojo).
But (Kojo) should stay, the
name (Kojo) shouldn't be forgotten.
(Kojo) should be the
Yazidis' crown jewel
They took us upstairs
And they tore us
apart from everything
ISIS guards were standing
in front of these windows
They stood among us
and shouted, "infidels!"
Someone was shouting from
the basement that we are infidels
We saw from here
that they killed our kids
Our hopes of living
here were cut short
It was the worst when
I saw them, ISIS men
They kill a little boy and
force his mother to eat his flesh
so as not to be raped
They cut off the
head of the child
and ate his meat
Anyone who opposes them
- Either tortured
or killed - And when
And when they took the men
He started shooting at the
ground with a Kalashnikov
To frighten women and children
She was shooting,
I don't know where
He shot, he shot,
he raised the gun
and he throw it to the earth
He did this to make us afraid
To frighten women and children
what are you thinking about?
in the past
I would love if I was
still studying 6th grade
in this school
But it didn't happen
I would love it
But ISIS left nothing
- Where are the students now?
- Every one of them is somewhere else
One is in (Raqqa),
the other is in
I mean if he's alive in
(fennel)
One of them may be in (Hawija).
Another in (Raqqa),
another in (Tabqa).
Also a friend of mine
He managed to escape from
the hands of ISIS, he was in
Syria in (Raqqa)
in the camp
My teacher's son also survived
who taught me in fourth grade
He was in a camp
affiliated with ISIS
Talk in one of the videos
of ISIS
And then we see it
and see how it turns out
Did they train him?
Yes, they trained him
They taught him
everything, from religion
to military exercises
to brainwash him
but he
was
a smart boy
Thank God he managed to survive
It's hard to go home
And you don't see
any of its residents in it
gloomy house
You don't see your father, your
mother, your brothers or your sisters
This was the hardest
moment of my life
This is me
And this is my cousin
I really hope this place can go
back to how it was in the past, but
this is difficult
It is very difficult to bring
back the glory of the past
My mother is missing
My brother is missing
My older brother is missing
I don't know where my father is
I don't know where my uncles are
I don't know where my uncle is
I have no idea where my clan is
I have nothing left
in the house to keep
nothing at all
How did they divide you?
What orders did they give you?
Every day they
come and choose girls
The hardest thing was that every
night they came and picked the girls
What is our fault for
being attacked every day?
We had times
of distress
They took us from that house
And they said that today
We are getting married
They also brought some pills
and medicines
"Ministry of the Interior,
the law is above all"
lets play
(Hasoni) Do you have
fun with your friends?
Hey kids, step back a little
come on, come on
We will go to the clinic
to see how you are
And ask the doctor
to check your feet
And see if he can
remove the splinter
Hassouni, how was
your foot amputated?
When we were going, ISIS shot us
Then a bomb exploded on the road
That is, the bomb
exploded, your injury?
Yes
What about (Mahmoud)
your younger brother?
he died
When was he with ISIS?
Yes
- Miss - What did
he do with ISIS?
- who?
- (Mahmoud), your twin brother
No, his name is (Hamad).
He didn't do anything special
One of them was armed
how? He didn't
do anything special
He was in (Mosul) and he
was carrying a weapon too
- Did they pay him?
- No
- No, he didn't get paid - Did
ISIS give him the weapon?
- Yeah - you were his twin
How did you not join ISIS?
What do i want with ISIS?
I always asked my brother
to come back so many times
And he just wanted to leave
Did he ask you to join him?
- who?
- he
- No, he didn't - Didn't
he tell you to come?
- No, he didn't tell me - they're
giving you guns and money
- No, he didn't say -
Why didn't you join ISIS?
Did they not provide weapons and money?
- how I can
Grab a weapon?
I can't hold a gun
Are you sad that (Hamad)
is no longer here with you?
- what?
- Are you sad that he's gone?
Well, I told him
for his own good
To leave ISIS before it was gone
But he continued with them, and I
told him that he would get him killed
And then he died
They threatened
to kill him if he left
Kill him if he leaves?
Yes thats right
They threatened to hurt him
If he tries to leave,
they threaten to kill him
Yeah, they threatened to kill
him, I wish we could stay together
And he didn't die
Was he your friend?
- who?
- (Hamad)
We used to hang out
But he was alone
On the day of his death
They didn't tell us at
first that he was killed
They told us after a long time
about his death
Did ISIS men inform
you of his death?
Did they informed
you that (Hamad) died?
- Yeah.
- Did they bring you his body?
No, they didn't
- They just told you, didn't they?
- Yeah, just that
What did your mother do?
My mother cried for him
she said, she said
She said she cried for him
It was all our neighbor's fault
It was he who made him join ISIS
I should put bandage on
until the wound is healed
Yes, bandage the wound
- But I don't have it - Don't
worry, you're recovering
there's no need for that
There is no need for surgery
There is no need
(Hassouni), do you
want to play a little?
- No, I don't want to.
- Before you go?
You and me will play
and then we'll go later
- No, I can't -
What do you mean?
- I don't want to -
Let's play together
- Ride in the game - I can't go
I'll take you, don't worry
- Well - I'll take you,
and we eat together
OK
- Do you hold the chair well?
- Yes
Slowly, let's put
it down like this
Yeah, let's go
The doctor said to bandage his wound
and said there is no need for surgery now
- He told you before, right?
- yes
As you saw him, has he
changed from what it was before?
Your little son (Hamad) who
was sharing a bite of food with you
When he joined
ISIS, did he change?
Yes, his body grew in
size, his face was shining
I mean
visibly grown up
I don't know when exactly
They did not bring his body
They didn't pay us any money,
and we couldn't get custody rights
nothing
When did you learn that
he swore allegiance to ISIS?
When I learned that he
swore allegiance to ISIS
I asked him to break up
with them, but he refused
When did you find out?
- I think about - before
the military came?
Yeah, almost
What did he do with ISIS?
He was probably a mechanical
repairman, yes repairer
Repairman, do he fix cars?
Yes
It might blow cars
- No, no - because the
mechanics working with ISIS
- They plant explosive
devices in the cars - No
- Reform and car bombs were the same?
- no no
Believe me, if he
did, I would tell you
No
No, he fixes cars
He mostly repaired trucks
Mostly repaired
Do you agree with your husband?
No
I told him I would leave him,
and he said it doesn't matter!
He said he would
leave the kids with him
And I'll go, and
he'll get another wife
Madam (Moses) we heard that
Is your husband from ISIS?
Let's talk about him,
the nature of his work
What was his job?
It's been a year since he joined
ISIS, he's been dealing with mortars
He never killed anyone
- Never, he didn't harm anyone
- Was he just an employee?
- He was draining my energy.
- Was he receiving money?
- Yes, he was receiving
- There was a guarantee
at that time
How was your life?
What affected you at that time?
What made you happy?
What was making you sad?
Because your
husband is from ISIS
What is the thing that
has affected you the
most? The most
joyful thing on that day?
I don't know, as if
he didn't recognize us
I felt like we were suddenly
thrown into this way
ISIS did not bother us, we were
happy to walk the path of ISIS
- OK?
- From the beginning?
- Yes - When they
came you were happy?
I mean, we didn't get into situations
like when I was walking in the market
Someone comes and tells me to
take off the hijab, so he calls me an ISIS
We had peace because
there were no arrests
We weren't considered notorious
I mean, we were
special or something
Now I'm walking in the market
I was told to remove my hijab
As if I was a member
of ISIS, for example I
Let me tell you
something, my dear
Did ISIS not tell you
to wear a headscarf
and not to leave the
house without a headscarf?
I don't know, I liked it
- I mean, you were - I
was against some things
Were you close to your
husband's mentality?
Yes almost
I think God has
chosen this fate for us
For everyone, for
example, the doctor
My husband was not very educated
He studied industry
until high school
- He studied well - Thank God
But many of those who were doctors
and engineers blew themselves up
At least my husband
didn't blow himself up
He didn't blow himself up
But I tell you, I
don't know, it's
It seems that (Mosul)
and the whole world
have been divided
into two different parts
Either this side or that side
Sometimes I get suspicious,
I ask myself who's right
Suppose your husband
tells you today that he wants
Join ISIS because the
future is in the hands of ISIS
- They're right - I'll try to
advise him as much as I can
Tell him the road's
not in our favour
But you said you
don't have a problem
Because before, we never imagined
the suffering we had to endure
Many families died under the rubble,
we have not witnessed such atrocities
But did you not
know what Islam was?
Is it possible that ISIS
introduced you to Islam?
Did ISIS show you the
right and wrong ways?
Everyone has their own
ideology, I don't know
Do you wish to return to
the life and days of ISIS?
- Yes - Is that right?
Yes
What about murder,
beheading and vagrancy?
I didn't see any of that
That's why I didn't hate them
Because I didn't see any of that
Did you like ISIS too?
- Yes.
- Did you like them?
I had to
Why is there no more?
I didn't like their treatment
What did they do to you?
They consider me
an ignorant person
Do you consider me your sister
and tell me what's wrong with you?
I don't want to talk at all
I do not want to talk
No, calm down, calm down
Did anyone bother you?
If ISIS harassed
you, we are not ISIS
- It has nothing to
do with ISIS - Really?
- Yeah - Who harassed you?
The army
What did they do to you?
As soon as they talk to me
they say I'm a member of ISIS
Who said you were
from ISIS (Khuzaa)?
who told you?
Don't worry about it
They are all liars
They were all hypocrites,
and everyone praised ISIS
All those in the
camp are ISIS men
- How big liars are they?
- Who told you that?
- Is he at camp?
- Who? just tell me and I'll deal with him
They are all hypocrites,
one in every family joined ISIS
I swear to God they are all
liars, everyone clap for ISIS
They put on their uniforms
everyone went and watched ISIS films
and appeared in the propaganda areas
Now they are bothering my child?
Why are you crying my dear?
Why are you crying?
Is it because of your mother?
- Because of my mom - Your mom?
What is your wish now, (Huda)?
I wish my mom was alive
Was your father from ISIS?
Yes
Did he ask you to go with him?
- No.
- He didn't take you with him once?
No
What was he doing with ISIS?
Nothing, went to
work and came back
what's his job?
Our situation was bad
He worked for ISIS for money
was a soldier
Do you like ISIS?
No
why not?
I do not like them
I just love my dad
Why do you not like ISIS?
- You don't like them - Why?
Because they killed my mother
- Did they kill her?
- Yes
How did they kill her?
In the basement my mother was
going to the bathroom and was killed
Was it hit by a missile or what?
No, no, when she was
coming out of the basement
they thought she was from the
armed forces, so they killed her
My big sister was a year older
than me, they killed her too
We went to tell them that my
mother and sister are bleeding
Their blood made a whole pool
We went to ISIS men and told them
that our mother and sister are bleeding
Why didn't you save them? We
asked them why they did that?
We told them that my
sister talked about them
so they asked us why
she was talking about us?
They started screaming
and we got scared.
They said they were
not persecuting anyone
And they don't kill women. I asked
my sister who killed her? Wasn't it you?
They said they thought
they were from the army
we told them why
don't they save them?
When we protested,
they were about to kill us
I told my sister to
go before they did
And we couldn't do anything
They kept bleeding
in front of us to death
What is the matter?
What is wrong with these people?
What is wrong with
them? What is the reason?
- Why?
- How upset Jesus was for
being labeled as ISIS
What is the fault of these people?
Suppose their father was a member of ISIS
What will be their future?
do not remind me
Don't say anything
I have kids and they remind me
of them, I have to come for them
- Of course I have to take care of
them - Do you see them as your children?
Of course, thank God
I must teach them something useful
that will benefit them with their lives
Other then the killing
and bloodshed they saw
I hope, they will return
home with good memories
Instead of remembering
something bad
No bloodshed, ISIS,
weapons and so on
But it is difficult
to teach them
- New ways of life - No,
that's easy, I'll show you
What do I have and
how will I teach them?
(Hassoun), do you see these
kids? See how sick they are?
Their clothes are dirty
And they are hungry
These children are foreigners
They are from ISIS families
These kids are hungry and
need your help, will you help?
We have some food
to take from them
You will take the
food and give it to them
Give them some water
Get to know them and greet
them, what do you think?
What you think?
Do you agree, (Muhammad)?
do you agree?
Do you all agree?
Why don't you want
to get to know us?
No, no, no, this is for you
Why did you come here?
Why are you in the camp?
She says they just came
Why did you come? What
do you want from here?
- They came from (Azerbaijan)
- Why did they come here from (Azerbaijan)?
- Tell me what they say - she
says that you know why we're here
why did you come?
Turn off the camera,
why did you come?
Why did you come? Do
you still refuse to talk?
- What do you want, sister?
- Which sister? I am not your sister!
In these few days
I faced the wives of those who killed
my brother, but I couldn't do anything
Anyway, I support what is true
It means one has to bear
and humanity above all
Maybe I got a little
mad, I don't know
They are still loyal to ISIS
And to cut off the
heads of people, kill
them, displace them,
and shed their blood
It is still true in their faith
Sorry to cry in front of you
I brought you some
things to have fun
And we play together
Ok?
But you saw what happened
We must forget
ISIS and evil ideas
Let's see what we have to do
Have you ever heard the saying
that a person's heart beats?
No
What about you?
Well, let's play a game
Let's hear how the
human heart beats
How did God create
it and make it pulsate?
Can't you hear a sound?
- Yes - What is the sound?
What do you hear?
I hear my heartbeat
What is his voice?
How do you hear the chimes?
like beating
What does the heart do?
beats
Is it beautiful?
Yes, it's pretty
Put it on your ears
Listen to her heartbeat
What do you hear?
What do you hear?
What do you hear?
chime sound
Now we will go down
and teach the children
- Yeah.
- What we wil teach them?
We'll teach them
if one can't breathe
We'll put this to them
- We put a mask on them.
- Yes
Or if someone gets sick,
we will check their heart
It's good to hear
the heartbeat, right?
Yes
People should
enjoy a beautiful life
To live a beautiful
life without wars, right?
Yes
GIVE me your hand
Come on, come on
left or right?
- which way?
- on the right
left, left
the left?
- Yes that's right
Did you find my heart?
- No, not yet - Here, here
it beats
it beats
Do you want war or heart?
Do you want to live or die?
die
No, you must live
Do you want heart or war?
the heart
- the heart?
- okay
That is, you will live
and become beautiful
and clean
Got it?
oh silly
those are my friends
sit here
Come on, sing us something
"future school"
"Where we play and learn"
"Mr. Teacher will teach us"
"The Lady Master will study us."
"We will look to the
future, study and learn"
- Well done, what's your name?
- (Mohammed)
My turn is me
Your name is so beautiful
"Welcome visitors"
"You honoured and
illuminated the house."
"Welcome, Noor
School welcomes you"
well done
I have happy
memories of this place
I'll say goodbye
to everyone here
and go somewhere else
I hope I will return
to my family safely
I hope to come back safe
I don't know what's going to happen,
but I hope to return safely to our children
Listen
Wow, he can't hear me
They are shooting at him
Don't stand here, it's dangerous
Either return or leave
They shoot from both sides
Being there is a mistake
We want to cross this road now
Want to break the wall to pass
- Where's the cannon?
- Prepare the cannon
Please stop, he said he
can't take us any further
We do not want to wait
any longer, whoever wants to
pass, let him pass, whoever
does not want to stay
to do whatever he wants
In this situations, this armored
carrier that takes us to the front lines
We don't know what we will face
It could be a car bomb, we
don't know what will happen
Of course in this case
I think of my children
What will happen to
me or what will happen?
Or if something happens to me,
I hope that nothing will happen
We'll go out with you, with you
Advance here, Advance
ambulance, rescue
Come wrap my hand
Quickly Quickly
(Hamza)
Don't picture
it, don't picture it
don't picture it
Cover it, cover it
Cover it quickly,
cover it completely
I take it from this side
Carry it, carry it, carry it
martyred, martyred
This is a photographer,
his name is (Hamza).
It is not permissible, it is not
permissible, only one person can enter
Where is the ambulance?
Come on, come carry it
This is the blood of (Hamza) and
this is the blood of (Muhammad).
I hope we will advance
Minutes ago, we were talking about
the movie with (Hamza) and he was
wearing this helmet
just a while ago
I never thought it
would turn out like this
I didn't think he would
leave us so quickly
There's a sniper on
this side, we can't cross
We'll go to the roof
Let's see if we can pass
go down, go down
Are you a journalist?
sit down, sit down
Emergency,
emergency, lift it properly
this way this way
Put your head down,
there's a sniper!
- Let's take him outside, come on.
- Come on
Come on, come on, come on guys
hold it well
Come, come, (Noor), come
- Come on, it's dangerous.
- This is a journalist?
- Was he a journalist?
- No
Was he a journalist?
Slowly, move steadfastly
Follow me, follow me
The house is clean, don't worry
There is a sniper on
this side, be careful
- sniper?
- Yeah, there's a sniper on this side.
Be carefull
Back off, back off
I didn't come to stay behind
It is true that here was the
front line but not anymore
I didn't come to stay behind the
front line, I came to see people
And families and learn about their
fate, to see what the armed forces do
My life is not more valuable than
the lives of these advanced heroes
Actually I can't, I
have to move forward
I can't just watch the troops
advancing in the front line and stay still
I have to advance
Just take us there and leave us
- Who is responsible for you?
- what?
- what?
- Who is responsible for you?
We are journalists and
we came here on our own
- Are you alone?
- Yes, we are responsible for ourselves
We came alone
Just let's ride with you and take
us, we'll come back ourselves
There must be a
car to get us back
It doesn't matter where we go
- It doesn't matter where
- how about you leave?
No, we will not leave, we go
to the operations area every day
The area is full of
snipers and ISIS men
Yesterday one of our colleagues
was martyred, did you not hear?
We just want you to
serve us with this car lift
It's not fair to stay here
We've been here for
more than three hours
- This here?
- A car bomb exploded here
- That car - That there?
- Yes - In this place?
That car over there
- We can't go further, we're
stopping here - Only here?
Is there a problem if I cross?
- Any problem if you pass?
- No problem
I am going
We are already scared,
why are you yelling?
What if someone was here?
What if it was a car
bomb and exploded?
What if someone was here?
They don't know about this
Get away, get away from the car!
- Don't go near it, something
might happen - No, I won't
There's a car bomb here
- what? in the house?
- There's a car bomb
- Well, let's go, come
on - Come on, go, go
- Come on, move.
- There's a car bomb
- Move over - I'm coming
Let's go one by one guys
Let's go out this
way if possible
Step away, what's
your name, miss?
Don't care about me,
take care of yourself
I have your back
And I will come in after you
Yes, enter
Is there no way
home from this side?
No, no, there is none
ISIS men control the hills
- Yes - the high hills
So they can see and
control other areas
We won't do anything,
we won't do anything
(Omar), (Omar)
Don't go on like this
It's not like that, be
carefull not to be hurt
- (Omar)
- We don't want that
Listen to me, (Omar).
You're not supposed to stay
here but it's okay, be careful
- Be careful - I'm
coming from this side
I will join you from this side
- from where?
- We'll get out of here
- It's better for us
and them - Let's go
We won't see anyone, and no
one will be able to see us from here
We won't see anyone
and nobody will see us
Just be careful
come from here
watch out
Wait, wait
Come on
Come Quickly
- Hello, how are you?
- Welcome
okay, who are you?
We are from the War Media News Agency,
we are here to check on your condition
To monitor the course of operations,
are you forward or backward
There is a prisoner of ISIS
men here that you can meet
Yes, I saw one of them
No, this is another
one, his leg is injured
- Yeah, well - They ran
with their families yesterday
And all the remaining
ISIS elements are foreigners
Yesterday they took
their families and ran away
And there was a
warplane bombed them
Now I will let you picture
the men and women of ISIS
Now there is one
ISIS family here
Well, we have to
photograph them, we must
show that ISIS is
defeated on this front
We should take the
movies for everyone to see
It should, none of this has
been reported in the media yet
We must say that the Iraqi
army has reached this area
This must be portrayed in
advertising, how will we do it?
If you do not allow us to
photograph ISIS or ISIS families
Do not give us any information
- I'm trying to help
you - No, you're not
No, on the contrary
- That's how you don't
help us - No, we want help
But we don't have the
authority to let you take pictures
No, I don't want a permit
We just want to
see this ISIS family
- Like - How did you get here?
It's like we came, no
The captain who was
here said he would drive us
- He brought you here?
Yeah, he said he'd get us
We will roam the area without
him being responsible for us
We came and found them
- You have no responsibility
- Well, no problem, ok
I will be grateful to you
We risked coming here to do
something we can't sit idly by
We've been here
since this morning
First, it is dangerous for you
- No, don't worry, they told me
this before - Wait, hear me, hear me
You coming here is wrong
- Don't worry about
that - No, that can't be
- Well, what's next? What else is there?
- Wait, listen to me
This morning (Murtaza)
and I were trapped
We don't want this to happen
We too were trapped that day
- But we're fine now - You
should be in a safe place
This place is safe with you here
Yes, we are at your service
We, I do some reports too
There is only one
request from you
Can you help me see this family?
- Well, no problem.
- That's all I want
Tell us, don't
forget to tell us guys
When you go this way,
tell us to run with you
- Wait for our signal - it
will follow your movements
- Wait for our signal -
OK, we will follow you
But let's go one by one
- Yeah, yeah, yeah,
come on - Are you ready?
- Come on, shall I go?
- Go after him
- But wait until he
arrives - All right
- OK - be careful
on the road, brother
- I want to pass now
- Come on, we'll pass
Come with me,
let's cross, come on
Watch your feet
- I'm pointing at the armored car -
Yeah, let the armored car come here
- Come here, from here,
from here - let him come
Go ahead, go ahead,
okay that's enough, enough
- Stop, stop -
Enough, that's enough
Come on, come on
Come on
This is ISIS, isn't it?
Can you open your eyes?
- No, no - You can't?
When did you get hurt?
When did you get hurt?
I do not speak Arabic
Are you from Alyaziah?
- We are from Tal (Afar)
- From Tal (Afar)
When the war broke
out we came here
we came from there
It was bombed that night
Then we got hurt
Many of us died
Then we came back
- We got out from there.
- Why didn't you leave Tal (Afar)?
- They did not let us -
They did not let us, son
Didn't all the families
leave from there?
We tried to go out more than
once, but they wouldn't let us
And we had no money to
give to the smugglers to get out
- So we stayed.
- What?
- Smugglers, don't they want the money?
- okay
We had no money
So we are back
What is your
relationship with them?
he is my cousin
Where your family?
My family is in (Mosul)
Why did not you go with them?
I swear we went to (Mosul),
but they brought us back
From the (Kalcik) Bridge,
do you know where it is?
- Yeah - from there, we
couldn't go any further
Why didn't you go
with your family?
I was in a car and
they were in another car
They crossed, but I didn't
How were you in a car
and they are in another car?
Weren't you supposed
to walk together?
No, we were in cars, not on foot
- Yes - In cars
We were in cars, not on foot
Your hand couldn't have
turned like this in one day
In a day? I swear
Your hand has become like this
from holding guns, don't deny it
Don't deny it
I swear I didn't hold any guns
I didn't hold any weapon
- Can not you see?
- it's clear
Not with ISIS?
who are they? No,
I wasn't with them
my family is not
Come here a little
As associates
Everyone knows the difference
between the army and the armed forces
- Looking at the
hands - Yeah, right
- Yeah, right - that's
what they reveal
Everyone knows this,
now if you look at my hands
- This is my hand, look at my
fingers - These are your fingers
- And look at their
fingers - There is a sign
There are the same signs
that indicate carrying a weapon
- It is clear that he is an
ISIS man - This is clear
It is clear that
he is an ISIS man
Impossible not to be
Because we already
arrested someone
We questioned him a lot
- We asked him a lot and
he confessed - He confessed
He said he was forced to cooperate
with them, so this man is an ISIS operative
These families
came from that place
The families who stayed
there are definitely ISIS
Any family coming from
that place is definitely ISIS
There is no doubt
that they are all ISIS
I questioned this woman,
she said she didn't know
and then
She said, "No, he knows."
"My uncle, this
man is my uncle."
It is clear that he
is a member of ISIS
How are you (Salih)?
- Dear (Saleh)
- We don't know what to do with these kids
They cry and need everything
Look at this woman,
her feet are not moving
Americans live happily
Yes right
Do you understand
what she is saying?
she said that if
one American dies
Everyone goes for it, but so many of
our people die every day and no one cares
And we are all afraid
True, God suffices me
and He is the best agent
Who do we ask for help?
Someone come, Iraq has
turned into a training camp
Everyone does what he likes
Nobody ever believes
us, I swear we're confused
Kids are going crazy
with these sounds
Nothing, don't be afraid
She seems to know what the plane is
and what to do, she is looking at the plane
And the little girl smiles
Her name is (Fatima), (Fatima)
Her father is a member of ISIS
She has two sisters, one of
whom was killed in the bombing
and the other is here
Where is your father, Fatima?
She doesn't know
anything about her father
Because he is a member of ISIS, he
is fighting our forces on the other side
In what year did ISIS come here?
three years ago
I think it was 2014
- Is not it right?
- okay
Troops that were
here before, but left
Now the same forces
want to get you out of here
- I hope so - so I advise you
To stay here a little
longer, it's better for you
There's a sniper here, someone
shot me when I was on the street
Do you have children?
- I have five children, I
swear to God - five children
- Do you see my daughter here?
- I swear to God I see, I swear to God
- I haven't changed her
nappy in two days - You're right
- She doesn't have milk or
anything - But take my advice
You better stay here, tell
the officer to give you food
We'll move them now
As you wish, but most of them are
children and most of the girls are injured
OK, don't worry
Most of them are injured,
most of them are injured
We want to move them from house
to house, through a car to cross
Our only problem is that street
- And the sniper - The
street and the sniper
I'll get them out of here now
Yes, thats right
Poor people, these
kids, these kids
What do you mean it's
none of my business?
These are children,
the woman is crying
They are poor
No, they are poor
get back a little bit
Wait, let her out
Come on, let me help, come on
(Noor, Noor)
- Get out - Wait a
minute, wait a minute
Got it, let me tell
him something
I want to tell you
something, it's intelligence
I just want him to tell us
something and then leave
-I just want to - Can't
I want to, I want one
thing and then I'm leaving
Just one thing
This is wrong, families
shouldn't be treated this way
Most of them are children and
women, it is wrong to shout at them
- It can't be
- From yesterday, excuse
me - I'm not screaming
Excuse me, we know from
yesterday that they are ISIS families
But you should not
treat children this way
What is their fault to enter
and tell them that they are ISIS?
It's an assult
It is true that they are from
ISIS but do not tell them
Take them out and talk to them
They are all women and children
They are all women and
children, women and children
You can not? Why can't you?
When I was coming, a
sniper fired at me three times
I swear to God
Well, slow down, slow down
Come on move fast
I swear this is a
crime against them
It's dangerous to get them
out that door and risk their lives
Don't get them out that door
no no
- Please don't go, stay with
us - I can't, he won't let me
No, don't go, you are
woman, stay with us
Please don't leave, stay with us
We are so afraid
We can't stay here, it's
dangerous for all of us
It's better to stay
here, I'm afraid the
houses will be
booby-trapped or something
We don't know yet
about the situation
But wait for an armored carrier
so that we can transport you
Your duty is to photograph
just this
No, you are wrong
- You don't - You,
allow me, allow me
My duty and your duty is to save these
families, I am not here to record anything
- I came to save the
families - Just wait
No, you said my duty, my
duty is to save these families
Hell with photography
and TV channel
File a complaint and have them
fire me, I'm here to save them
I'm here to give them water, you see
this woman? She said something good
She said they were looking for me,
because women understand women
She said every minute
someone comes and yells at them
It is not permissible for men
to be menstruating over women
it is not permissible to
- Open the door
for me - It's open
Come on, come on, shall we ride?
Come on (Muhammad) ride
Does anyone know Arabic?
- Do you speak Turkish?
- okay
they are all turkish
We want to go to
Turkey, please help us
Our husbands brought us
here by force, I wanted to escape
Where are your husbands?
Where are your husbands?
Our husbands, my husband died
Take off your veil
from your sister
No, open it
open it
Open it, open it, open it
open it my dear
Take it off too, take it off
Calm down, calm down, calm
down, calm down, calm down
the toilet?
come on, come on
Hold it
Come on
- Calm down, calm
down - Come on, come on
come on, slowly
Slowly, take off your veil
Come on, move from behind
Come on down, come on down
Does anyone have water?
(Mohammed) Do you have water?
Does anyone have water?
Look at the people coming,
thank God for your safety
- how are you?
- Where were you?
- how are you?
- Where were you?
I saw you from there and came
We told them we
came with the refugees
And we said that the
journalists took us outside
They are the ones
who brought us out
And someone came
He talks a lot, we said they
were the ones who took us out
We did not come with foreigners
Tell him not to write
our names next to them
- We didn't ride with them
- We were looking for you
We didn't want to ride
in the car without you
But we did it in the end
I knew the armed forces
would bring you here
So I beat you here
We are so tired, if you were with
us, we would have arrived earlier
- Yeah right - Yeah
but what can I do? If it wasn't
for my work and my leg injury
I would have arrived early
Thank God we saw each
other, I was so happy to see you
They told me that there are people
who want to see me, I was so happy
My dear, why are you
crying? Why are you crying?
come on, come on
You know the condition of mothers
and the pain of children, right?
Yes, yes, may God help you
We will bring you medicine
You will get better
and wear out, right?
I wish you could get us diapers
- I can't now - I'm
embarrassed to tell anyone
- I'm embarrassed, no, no -
Feminine tissues or diapers?
- for children - for children?
- I'll solve it - You know
we don't have money
- Their mother?
- This child's mother
- Yes, she died?
- she died
Are you their grandmother?
Where is his father?
with peshmerga
His father is with the peshmerga
And his mother,
are you his aunt?
- Are you his aunt?
- Yes
Does he have brothers or alone?
Two girls and a boy
these?
Did their mother
die in the bombing?
No
Her husband wanted to take
revenge on her, but she blew herself up
We were waiting for her to be examined
and suddenly she blew herself up
Do you mean the mother of
these children blew herself up?
Yes
You asked me about
the fate of these women
What is the fate of these women?
Something happened
in this area before that
If you knew about it, you would
never want to see anything else
I have two cousins
In the armed
forces in Tel (Afar)
OK? ISIS took
them from the house
One of them has two girls
I swear to god two
girls, (guson) and (amal).
(Amal) was born two months
after her father was taken
she never saw her father
That's why she was named (Amal),
hoping that her father would come back
What do you expect me to
tell them if I talk to them now?
But humanity is
above everything to us
When we came, we started
working with the DARY organization.
We did this for humanitarian
reasons, not revenge
We lost some things too
Our women stayed
here in horrific conditions
(Abu Youssef),
advertising, the situation
- Too bad - Today this is a case
- This is a case
- very, very bad
There are worse cases than this
Do we play some music
so they can hear a little?
Let's play the music
Hello momy
Yes son, good night
- Hello - Hello
Happy New Year
Happy New Year my dear
Hope you are safe
and healthy too
hello mom
How are you dear? what's new?
how are you?
How are you, (Hassouni)?
- I'm good.
- How's it going, my dear?
Happy New Year
Why are you crying, (Jamila)?
I miss you
Why are you crying my dear?
I want you to come home
I'll come my dear, I'll come
I will come in two days
How is (Mariam)? Is she okay?
Yes, she is fine
Do you take care of (Mariam)?
Yes
What's wrong, dear (Sophia)?
What's wrong, dear (Sophia)?
Gosh
Well, well, well
This drink will relieve her pain
ok doctor
This is used daily
She should not wear any clothes
These are foreign ISIS families
Including Chechens,
Turks and other citizens
This is where ISIS brought them
And they lived under the rule
of ISIS for three years in (Mosul)
and others and Tel (Afar).
Now only the children remain
None of the men left
All the terrorists
are not with them
Some have returned
to their countries
Some were killed by the security
forces and the popular crowd
Children and
mothers are the rest
But their children are
here with their mothers
some of them were
injured in the bombing
ISIS treated them harshly
What is the fault of the children?
What is their guilt for the crimes of ISIS?
Now look at the children are migrants,
tired and their condition is deplorable
The burden is on the mothers
They are all afraid of not knowing
how their condition will develop
We can't even
communicate with them
Because they speak
a different language than ours, which
prevents us from communicating with them
Sometimes we can
work as assistants
thank you
Welcome
You should cover
the burns right now
Does she have another problem?
She has no other
problems besides burns
How did they come
to Iraq from Russia?
like others
It was a good
opportunity to travel
Do you know other countries to travel to?
- No
I do not know
No, no, no, no
Ask her why she got
married at such a young age?
So that she can easily travel
to Azerbaijan and back easily
She got married on the condition
that she go back to Azerbaijan
So she wasn't married
when she came?
No, she weren't
She says she didn't
know the situation here
How did she come
if she was single?
She came with her family?
She came with her family or
came by herself
"They told us in Azerbaijan that
the situation here is really great"
And the Mujahideen
will give us everything.
"So we came to live here."
"Actually, they cheated us."
"They brought us
here through Syria."
"We came, but we saw that
we live in camps and tents"
Under constant bombardment
We wanted to get married on the
condition that we go back to Azerbaijan"
"And then ISIS killed
the father of this child.
'He died because of them'
Why did you come to Iraq?
"We were in the
beginning in Syria"
Then we came to Iraq.
Why did you come?
"We came for Islam and Sharia"
But the war and the bombing
"took our peace"
- Why did you come here?
- "In Turkey were the Muslims"
"They fight among themselves"
"In the twelve months in
which ISIS was besieged"
"We've only been under
pressure in the last few days."
And how was the experience?
"Thank God they respected us"
"And we had a good life"
"We had so many
tired, single mothers"
"But we had a good
situation, they took care of us"
"You have no
idea our suffering."
"You hurt our feelings, we were in
the middle of shells and missiles."
"Was this your claim to humanity? We
were bombed, we were tired and hungry"
"Who is responsible for this?"
America, Iran and Iraq
Turkey did the same too.
"You all did this."
"Do you understand what I mean?"
While America, Iran and even
Turkey, they did worse than this.
"Then you claimed that ISIS
were terrorists and that's it."
"Who did you bomb? Are these kids
terrorists? What harm did I do to you?"
Did I kill you or did these
kids do anything against you?
"What do you want with us?
What sin have we committed?"
"Look where we are now."
"what do you want from us?"
"Check your conscience, people
live comfortably in Turkey and America"
"Why can't I? That's why I
came to Iraq, to live comfortably."
"I'm desperate and sad, is
this all about being a Muslim?"
"Oh my God"
"Yes, these kids
are terrorists."
Hi (Jafar)
(Jafar)
put him here
Oh my God
Good
Brave, brave, brave
Is that beautiful?
I have fond memories
of the days gone by
I will say goodbye here
and go somewhere else
(Kojo) is a ghost town
(Kojo) has been a ghost
town for two and a half years
And today
I see two women here
From the same women who
were ISIS captives in this school
Tomorrow they
will leave here again
Most of the people of (Kojo)
fled here, with teary eyes for sure
It sure is sad
We don't know about
these innocent people!
We don't know
how they were killed
I don't know many details,
but what I do know is that
ISIS captured the
women in this school
And they sold them
as a play buddys
They sold them for a pack
of cigarettes or even gum
Or maybe give them as gifts
We don't know many details
What I know may be a little
And what is hidden is greater
ISIS is dead
Did they bring you
from your home?
Did you come alone?
how?
They told us to come, so we came
What you mean?
First, they tell the Sheikh
When they said that,
it was about fifty people
Attending his gathering,
telling the others
Everyone was informed,
the neighbors told each other
I was notified at school
This is how the news
spread in the city
why did you come?
What did you come to do?
They said they wanted to
leave us in the mountains
As we did with Christians
We will take all your belongings
And we leave you in the
mountains and deserts
This is my older brother
This is my younger brother
The rest are my friends
This is my uncle,
this is my grandfather
My uncle, my dad
My uncle, my younger uncle
When we left our homes
and entered through this door
ISIS men were inside
Only women and children entered
And our sheikh entered with us
Our sheikh did not leave us
He stayed here
It was the worst moment
of our lives for us girls
The hardest thing in our
life was losing our hope
Neither mother nor father
No child, no husband,
no brother, nothing
The last person they
took was our sheikh
They took out his
wedding ring from his finger
In front of everyone
who was here
He was standing here
When they take his wedding ring
He said, "Don't do that. This
ring means everything in my life."
When they take
The women to the Sinjar
At night
They separated single girls
and married women
And the old women
from each other
At two in the morning
they took the girls to Mosul.
And the boys to Tal (Afar)
The next day they
killed all the mothers
What sin did our mothers commit?
Doesn't he have a mother?
What is their fault?
It's true that there's
no one left of (Kojo).
But (Kojo) should stay, the
name (Kojo) shouldn't be forgotten.
(Kojo) should be the
Yazidis' crown jewel
They took us upstairs
And they tore us
apart from everything
ISIS guards were standing
in front of these windows
They stood among us
and shouted, "infidels!"
Someone was shouting from
the basement that we are infidels
We saw from here
that they killed our kids
Our hopes of living
here were cut short
It was the worst when
I saw them, ISIS men
They kill a little boy and
force his mother to eat his flesh
so as not to be raped
They cut off the
head of the child
and ate his meat
Anyone who opposes them
- Either tortured
or killed - And when
And when they took the men
He started shooting at the
ground with a Kalashnikov
To frighten women and children
She was shooting,
I don't know where
He shot, he shot,
he raised the gun
and he throw it to the earth
He did this to make us afraid
To frighten women and children
what are you thinking about?
in the past
I would love if I was
still studying 6th grade
in this school
But it didn't happen
I would love it
But ISIS left nothing
- Where are the students now?
- Every one of them is somewhere else
One is in (Raqqa),
the other is in
I mean if he's alive in
(fennel)
One of them may be in (Hawija).
Another in (Raqqa),
another in (Tabqa).
Also a friend of mine
He managed to escape from
the hands of ISIS, he was in
Syria in (Raqqa)
in the camp
My teacher's son also survived
who taught me in fourth grade
He was in a camp
affiliated with ISIS
Talk in one of the videos
of ISIS
And then we see it
and see how it turns out
Did they train him?
Yes, they trained him
They taught him
everything, from religion
to military exercises
to brainwash him
but he
was
a smart boy
Thank God he managed to survive
It's hard to go home
And you don't see
any of its residents in it
gloomy house
You don't see your father, your
mother, your brothers or your sisters
This was the hardest
moment of my life
This is me
And this is my cousin
I really hope this place can go
back to how it was in the past, but
this is difficult
It is very difficult to bring
back the glory of the past
My mother is missing
My brother is missing
My older brother is missing
I don't know where my father is
I don't know where my uncles are
I don't know where my uncle is
I have no idea where my clan is
I have nothing left
in the house to keep
nothing at all
How did they divide you?
What orders did they give you?
Every day they
come and choose girls
The hardest thing was that every
night they came and picked the girls
What is our fault for
being attacked every day?
We had times
of distress
They took us from that house
And they said that today
We are getting married
They also brought some pills
and medicines
"Ministry of the Interior,
the law is above all"
lets play
(Hasoni) Do you have
fun with your friends?
Hey kids, step back a little
come on, come on
We will go to the clinic
to see how you are
And ask the doctor
to check your feet
And see if he can
remove the splinter
Hassouni, how was
your foot amputated?
When we were going, ISIS shot us
Then a bomb exploded on the road
That is, the bomb
exploded, your injury?
Yes
What about (Mahmoud)
your younger brother?
he died
When was he with ISIS?
Yes
- Miss - What did
he do with ISIS?
- who?
- (Mahmoud), your twin brother
No, his name is (Hamad).
He didn't do anything special
One of them was armed
how? He didn't
do anything special
He was in (Mosul) and he
was carrying a weapon too
- Did they pay him?
- No
- No, he didn't get paid - Did
ISIS give him the weapon?
- Yeah - you were his twin
How did you not join ISIS?
What do i want with ISIS?
I always asked my brother
to come back so many times
And he just wanted to leave
Did he ask you to join him?
- who?
- he
- No, he didn't - Didn't
he tell you to come?
- No, he didn't tell me - they're
giving you guns and money
- No, he didn't say -
Why didn't you join ISIS?
Did they not provide weapons and money?
- how I can
Grab a weapon?
I can't hold a gun
Are you sad that (Hamad)
is no longer here with you?
- what?
- Are you sad that he's gone?
Well, I told him
for his own good
To leave ISIS before it was gone
But he continued with them, and I
told him that he would get him killed
And then he died
They threatened
to kill him if he left
Kill him if he leaves?
Yes thats right
They threatened to hurt him
If he tries to leave,
they threaten to kill him
Yeah, they threatened to kill
him, I wish we could stay together
And he didn't die
Was he your friend?
- who?
- (Hamad)
We used to hang out
But he was alone
On the day of his death
They didn't tell us at
first that he was killed
They told us after a long time
about his death
Did ISIS men inform
you of his death?
Did they informed
you that (Hamad) died?
- Yeah.
- Did they bring you his body?
No, they didn't
- They just told you, didn't they?
- Yeah, just that
What did your mother do?
My mother cried for him
she said, she said
She said she cried for him
It was all our neighbor's fault
It was he who made him join ISIS
I should put bandage on
until the wound is healed
Yes, bandage the wound
- But I don't have it - Don't
worry, you're recovering
there's no need for that
There is no need for surgery
There is no need
(Hassouni), do you
want to play a little?
- No, I don't want to.
- Before you go?
You and me will play
and then we'll go later
- No, I can't -
What do you mean?
- I don't want to -
Let's play together
- Ride in the game - I can't go
I'll take you, don't worry
- Well - I'll take you,
and we eat together
OK
- Do you hold the chair well?
- Yes
Slowly, let's put
it down like this
Yeah, let's go
The doctor said to bandage his wound
and said there is no need for surgery now
- He told you before, right?
- yes
As you saw him, has he
changed from what it was before?
Your little son (Hamad) who
was sharing a bite of food with you
When he joined
ISIS, did he change?
Yes, his body grew in
size, his face was shining
I mean
visibly grown up
I don't know when exactly
They did not bring his body
They didn't pay us any money,
and we couldn't get custody rights
nothing
When did you learn that
he swore allegiance to ISIS?
When I learned that he
swore allegiance to ISIS
I asked him to break up
with them, but he refused
When did you find out?
- I think about - before
the military came?
Yeah, almost
What did he do with ISIS?
He was probably a mechanical
repairman, yes repairer
Repairman, do he fix cars?
Yes
It might blow cars
- No, no - because the
mechanics working with ISIS
- They plant explosive
devices in the cars - No
- Reform and car bombs were the same?
- no no
Believe me, if he
did, I would tell you
No
No, he fixes cars
He mostly repaired trucks
Mostly repaired
Do you agree with your husband?
No
I told him I would leave him,
and he said it doesn't matter!
He said he would
leave the kids with him
And I'll go, and
he'll get another wife
Madam (Moses) we heard that
Is your husband from ISIS?
Let's talk about him,
the nature of his work
What was his job?
It's been a year since he joined
ISIS, he's been dealing with mortars
He never killed anyone
- Never, he didn't harm anyone
- Was he just an employee?
- He was draining my energy.
- Was he receiving money?
- Yes, he was receiving
- There was a guarantee
at that time
How was your life?
What affected you at that time?
What made you happy?
What was making you sad?
Because your
husband is from ISIS
What is the thing that
has affected you the
most? The most
joyful thing on that day?
I don't know, as if
he didn't recognize us
I felt like we were suddenly
thrown into this way
ISIS did not bother us, we were
happy to walk the path of ISIS
- OK?
- From the beginning?
- Yes - When they
came you were happy?
I mean, we didn't get into situations
like when I was walking in the market
Someone comes and tells me to
take off the hijab, so he calls me an ISIS
We had peace because
there were no arrests
We weren't considered notorious
I mean, we were
special or something
Now I'm walking in the market
I was told to remove my hijab
As if I was a member
of ISIS, for example I
Let me tell you
something, my dear
Did ISIS not tell you
to wear a headscarf
and not to leave the
house without a headscarf?
I don't know, I liked it
- I mean, you were - I
was against some things
Were you close to your
husband's mentality?
Yes almost
I think God has
chosen this fate for us
For everyone, for
example, the doctor
My husband was not very educated
He studied industry
until high school
- He studied well - Thank God
But many of those who were doctors
and engineers blew themselves up
At least my husband
didn't blow himself up
He didn't blow himself up
But I tell you, I
don't know, it's
It seems that (Mosul)
and the whole world
have been divided
into two different parts
Either this side or that side
Sometimes I get suspicious,
I ask myself who's right
Suppose your husband
tells you today that he wants
Join ISIS because the
future is in the hands of ISIS
- They're right - I'll try to
advise him as much as I can
Tell him the road's
not in our favour
But you said you
don't have a problem
Because before, we never imagined
the suffering we had to endure
Many families died under the rubble,
we have not witnessed such atrocities
But did you not
know what Islam was?
Is it possible that ISIS
introduced you to Islam?
Did ISIS show you the
right and wrong ways?
Everyone has their own
ideology, I don't know
Do you wish to return to
the life and days of ISIS?
- Yes - Is that right?
Yes
What about murder,
beheading and vagrancy?
I didn't see any of that
That's why I didn't hate them
Because I didn't see any of that
Did you like ISIS too?
- Yes.
- Did you like them?
I had to
Why is there no more?
I didn't like their treatment
What did they do to you?
They consider me
an ignorant person
Do you consider me your sister
and tell me what's wrong with you?
I don't want to talk at all
I do not want to talk
No, calm down, calm down
Did anyone bother you?
If ISIS harassed
you, we are not ISIS
- It has nothing to
do with ISIS - Really?
- Yeah - Who harassed you?
The army
What did they do to you?
As soon as they talk to me
they say I'm a member of ISIS
Who said you were
from ISIS (Khuzaa)?
who told you?
Don't worry about it
They are all liars
They were all hypocrites,
and everyone praised ISIS
All those in the
camp are ISIS men
- How big liars are they?
- Who told you that?
- Is he at camp?
- Who? just tell me and I'll deal with him
They are all hypocrites,
one in every family joined ISIS
I swear to God they are all
liars, everyone clap for ISIS
They put on their uniforms
everyone went and watched ISIS films
and appeared in the propaganda areas
Now they are bothering my child?
Why are you crying my dear?
Why are you crying?
Is it because of your mother?
- Because of my mom - Your mom?
What is your wish now, (Huda)?
I wish my mom was alive
Was your father from ISIS?
Yes
Did he ask you to go with him?
- No.
- He didn't take you with him once?
No
What was he doing with ISIS?
Nothing, went to
work and came back
what's his job?
Our situation was bad
He worked for ISIS for money
was a soldier
Do you like ISIS?
No
why not?
I do not like them
I just love my dad
Why do you not like ISIS?
- You don't like them - Why?
Because they killed my mother
- Did they kill her?
- Yes
How did they kill her?
In the basement my mother was
going to the bathroom and was killed
Was it hit by a missile or what?
No, no, when she was
coming out of the basement
they thought she was from the
armed forces, so they killed her
My big sister was a year older
than me, they killed her too
We went to tell them that my
mother and sister are bleeding
Their blood made a whole pool
We went to ISIS men and told them
that our mother and sister are bleeding
Why didn't you save them? We
asked them why they did that?
We told them that my
sister talked about them
so they asked us why
she was talking about us?
They started screaming
and we got scared.
They said they were
not persecuting anyone
And they don't kill women. I asked
my sister who killed her? Wasn't it you?
They said they thought
they were from the army
we told them why
don't they save them?
When we protested,
they were about to kill us
I told my sister to
go before they did
And we couldn't do anything
They kept bleeding
in front of us to death
What is the matter?
What is wrong with these people?
What is wrong with
them? What is the reason?
- Why?
- How upset Jesus was for
being labeled as ISIS
What is the fault of these people?
Suppose their father was a member of ISIS
What will be their future?
do not remind me
Don't say anything
I have kids and they remind me
of them, I have to come for them
- Of course I have to take care of
them - Do you see them as your children?
Of course, thank God
I must teach them something useful
that will benefit them with their lives
Other then the killing
and bloodshed they saw
I hope, they will return
home with good memories
Instead of remembering
something bad
No bloodshed, ISIS,
weapons and so on
But it is difficult
to teach them
- New ways of life - No,
that's easy, I'll show you
What do I have and
how will I teach them?
(Hassoun), do you see these
kids? See how sick they are?
Their clothes are dirty
And they are hungry
These children are foreigners
They are from ISIS families
These kids are hungry and
need your help, will you help?
We have some food
to take from them
You will take the
food and give it to them
Give them some water
Get to know them and greet
them, what do you think?
What you think?
Do you agree, (Muhammad)?
do you agree?
Do you all agree?
Why don't you want
to get to know us?
No, no, no, this is for you
Why did you come here?
Why are you in the camp?
She says they just came
Why did you come? What
do you want from here?
- They came from (Azerbaijan)
- Why did they come here from (Azerbaijan)?
- Tell me what they say - she
says that you know why we're here
why did you come?
Turn off the camera,
why did you come?
Why did you come? Do
you still refuse to talk?
- What do you want, sister?
- Which sister? I am not your sister!
In these few days
I faced the wives of those who killed
my brother, but I couldn't do anything
Anyway, I support what is true
It means one has to bear
and humanity above all
Maybe I got a little
mad, I don't know
They are still loyal to ISIS
And to cut off the
heads of people, kill
them, displace them,
and shed their blood
It is still true in their faith
Sorry to cry in front of you
I brought you some
things to have fun
And we play together
Ok?
But you saw what happened
We must forget
ISIS and evil ideas
Let's see what we have to do
Have you ever heard the saying
that a person's heart beats?
No
What about you?
Well, let's play a game
Let's hear how the
human heart beats
How did God create
it and make it pulsate?
Can't you hear a sound?
- Yes - What is the sound?
What do you hear?
I hear my heartbeat
What is his voice?
How do you hear the chimes?
like beating
What does the heart do?
beats
Is it beautiful?
Yes, it's pretty
Put it on your ears
Listen to her heartbeat
What do you hear?
What do you hear?
What do you hear?
chime sound
Now we will go down
and teach the children
- Yeah.
- What we wil teach them?
We'll teach them
if one can't breathe
We'll put this to them
- We put a mask on them.
- Yes
Or if someone gets sick,
we will check their heart
It's good to hear
the heartbeat, right?
Yes
People should
enjoy a beautiful life
To live a beautiful
life without wars, right?
Yes
GIVE me your hand
Come on, come on
left or right?
- which way?
- on the right
left, left
the left?
- Yes that's right
Did you find my heart?
- No, not yet - Here, here
it beats
it beats
Do you want war or heart?
Do you want to live or die?
die
No, you must live
Do you want heart or war?
the heart
- the heart?
- okay
That is, you will live
and become beautiful
and clean
Got it?
oh silly
those are my friends
sit here
Come on, sing us something
"future school"
"Where we play and learn"
"Mr. Teacher will teach us"
"The Lady Master will study us."
"We will look to the
future, study and learn"
- Well done, what's your name?
- (Mohammed)
My turn is me
Your name is so beautiful
"Welcome visitors"
"You honoured and
illuminated the house."
"Welcome, Noor
School welcomes you"
well done
I have happy
memories of this place
I'll say goodbye
to everyone here
and go somewhere else
I hope I will return
to my family safely
I hope to come back safe
I don't know what's going to happen,
but I hope to return safely to our children
Listen
Wow, he can't hear me
They are shooting at him
Don't stand here, it's dangerous
Either return or leave
They shoot from both sides
Being there is a mistake
We want to cross this road now
Want to break the wall to pass
- Where's the cannon?
- Prepare the cannon
Please stop, he said he
can't take us any further
We do not want to wait
any longer, whoever wants to
pass, let him pass, whoever
does not want to stay
to do whatever he wants
In this situations, this armored
carrier that takes us to the front lines
We don't know what we will face
It could be a car bomb, we
don't know what will happen
Of course in this case
I think of my children
What will happen to
me or what will happen?
Or if something happens to me,
I hope that nothing will happen
We'll go out with you, with you
Advance here, Advance
ambulance, rescue
Come wrap my hand
Quickly Quickly
(Hamza)
Don't picture
it, don't picture it
don't picture it
Cover it, cover it
Cover it quickly,
cover it completely
I take it from this side
Carry it, carry it, carry it
martyred, martyred
This is a photographer,
his name is (Hamza).
It is not permissible, it is not
permissible, only one person can enter
Where is the ambulance?
Come on, come carry it
This is the blood of (Hamza) and
this is the blood of (Muhammad).
I hope we will advance
Minutes ago, we were talking about
the movie with (Hamza) and he was
wearing this helmet
just a while ago
I never thought it
would turn out like this
I didn't think he would
leave us so quickly