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After the fall of ISIS in 2019, radical Western women were arrested by ISIS in Syria, among other places, in the Kurdish Roj camp. Canada, the United States, Great Britain, Germany and the Netherlands do not want their return, and the world views women with suspicion and hatred.

Question
What should happen to these women and their children? This is a big issue for both Western and non-Western governments. This documentary shows how radical women in the workshops search for insight into what lies behind them and what comes next.

Access
Spanish director Alba Sutura entered the Roj camp thanks to the Kurdish fighters she followed in Syria for another film. When I first spoke to Western women in March 2019, they were very closed off.

Shut up
Thinking and feeling were very difficult for them, and silence provided protection. Nor did they dare to speak out, as the groups of women who remained loyal to ISIS put pressure on their fellow campers.