At a glance

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Children and youth Modern conflicts Refugees, migrants and diaspora

Screening Room

Format: Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released: 2004 CE · 1425 AH†
Countries: IQ · IR · FR
Languages: ku (original) · en (original)
Approach: drama of Muslim life
Depiction of sacred figures: The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable

Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.

Overview

A film by Bahman Ghobadi, the first film shot in Iraq after the fall of Saddam, about Kurdish orphan children on the Turkish border before the invasion. ¹ ²

People and things also explored

Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo· Flee· Abouna· The Palestinian Exile· Kandahar· For Sama· City of Ghosts· Of Fathers and Sons

Sources

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islam.museum contributors. “Turtles Can Fly”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/al-sulahfah-tatir-2004/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo

Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo.