7th ACT Human Rights Film Festival

9 Days in Raqqa

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9 Days in Raqqa
An engineer by training, mayor at just 30, immersed in a world of men, her mission is to rebuild her Syrian city, to reconcile communities, and to establish democracy.
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Leila Mustafa, 30, civil engineer and three times valedictorian, is the young mayor of Raqqa, the former self-proclaimed capital of the Islamic State in Syria. Plunged in a man’s world, her mission is to rebuild her city in ruins after the war as well as enable reconciliation and establish democracy. An extraordinary mission. A French writer crosses Iraq and Syria to meet her. In this still-dangerous city, she has 9 days to live with Leila and discover her story.


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  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    90 minutes
  • Language
    Arabic, English, French, Kurdish
  • Country
    France
  • Director
    Xavier de Lauzanne
  • Producer
    François-Hugues de Vaumas
  • Composer
    Ibrahim Maalouf
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