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9 days in Raqqa, a lesson in life and action

2021-09-07T13:07:53.359Z


The first part of the “life after Daesh” trilogy, the documentary follows the young mayor of the Syrian city and a French journalist. A testimony for history.


There are moments that say lifetimes.

The nine days of this Syrian logbook have the weight of full and strong hours, those woven of courage and will.

They are illuminated by Leïla Mustapha, one of those solar beings who stand up against fate and despair.

The star of Raqqa set out to bring his city out of Daesh's night.

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In the aftermath of the defeat of the men in black, a 30-year-old woman becomes mayor of the “capital” from where the Islamists planned the attacks bloody Paris and other cities in Europe.

Kurdish, it imposes itself against the old tribal chiefs of a predominantly Arab city.

Without much outside help, this agricultural engineer undertakes to raise the ruins.

The task seems impossible as the city is in ruins and beyond the walls, there are minds to rebuild by breaking down barriers of hatred or mistrust.

Leïla has a disarming ardor, her fragility is her strength.

Her smile makes you flee

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Source: lefigaro

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