• 2017
  • 22m
Life After Daesh

Summary In this groundbreaking TV series, ISIS defectors from Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Morocco reveal why they joined, what they did, and why they decided to risk their lives to escape from the world's most dangerous terrorist organization. View more details

  • 2017
  • 22m

Life After Daesh

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Ali Mula Nissrine Hatoum Mohammed Reda Curdi Ahmed

All cast & crew

5.4

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jul 11, 2017

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Alhurra TV YouTube link Archive of Episodes

Language : Arabic

Filming locations : Iraq

Production companies : WebStringers

Summary In this groundbreaking TV series, ISIS defectors from Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Morocco reveal why they joined, what they did, and why they decided to risk their lives to escape from the world's most dangerous terrorist organization. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jul 11, 2017

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Alhurra TV YouTube link Archive of Episodes

Language : Arabic

Filming locations : Iraq

Production companies : WebStringers

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jun 30, 2017
Ahmed: I Was an ISIS Policeman
After serving as an informant for Al Qaeda, "Ahmed" joins ISIS and becomes a policeman. After seeing how brutally ISIS treats the people of his hometown, "Ahmed" defects and tries to enlist in the Iraqi Army to fight ISIS.
Episode 2 • Jul 06, 2017
Oum Saker: The Hostage Mother
When her sons are conscripted by ISIS, a Syrian mother reluctantly joins the organization to keep an eye on them. Learning that her sons are going into battle, she plans a risky escape to get her family out of Raqqa.
Episode 3 • Jul 13, 2017
Abu Farouq: I Wish I Could Go Back (in Time)
After joining ISIS to earn money for his family, Abu Farouq reconsiders his career choice when ISIS blows up his house and almost cuts his throat.
Episode 4 • Jul 20, 2017
Muhammad Al-Masri: I Will Fight Again to Fight ISIS
Believing that ISIS will liberate his country from the Assad regime, a Syrian businessman joins the organization--only to discover that ISIS intends to destroy his country, not save it.
Episode 5 • Jul 28, 2017
Abu Obeida: Lost Youth
A Fallujah teenager leaves school to join ISIS and is thrown into combat, where he sees his comrades blown to pieces. Disillusioned and frightened, Abu Obeida crafts a plan to defect from ISIS and bring his family with him.
Episode 6 • Aug 04, 2017
Abu Abdellah: A Mountain of Regrets
Wanting to avenge the deaths of civilians at the hands of the Assad regime, a Moroccan mechanic joins ISIS in Syria. When he is ordered to shoot innocent civilians, and his best friend is executed, he realizes he made a huge mistake.
Episode 7 • Aug 11, 2017
Abu Hafsa: What I Learned at ISIS University
After organizing protests against the Iraqi government, an idealistic student joins ISIS. His idealism shatters when he witnesses a horrific ISIS attack on Shiite pilgrims and is drawn into the dark world of ISIS sex slavery.
Episode 8 • Aug 18, 2017
Abu Bandar: A Soldier Fights to Regain His Honor
An ex-Iraqi soldier joins the Al Qaeda insurgency and becomes one of the first members of ISIS. He is repelled by the brutality and corruption of the Islamic State's leaders and flees to the desert --with ISIS assassins hot on his heels.
Episode 9 • Aug 25, 2017
Mohammed from Safi: The Accidental Terrorist
Stranded in Libya during the Arab Spring, a Moroccan cook is forced to join ISIS. Another ISIS recruit shares her escape plans, and he finds himself on a rickety boat drifting in the pitch-dark Mediterranean Sea.
Episode 10 • Sep 01, 2017
Ahmad: I Was a Teenage ISIS Fighter
After a quarrel with his father, a rebellious teenager runs off to Raqaa to join ISIS. But once he sees the enormity of the Islamic State's crimes against civilians and its own jihadists, he has to grow up fast.
Episode 11 • Sep 08, 2017
Omar: I Saw Jihad Turn Into Murder
A young Lebanese man goes to Syria and joins ISIS to fight the Assad regime. After seeing ISIS murder women and children, he takes drugs to escape the horror of his predicament.
Episode 12 • Sep 15, 2017
Mohammed Salafedin: It Began with a Mobile Phone
A poor Moroccan farmer is enticed by an online recruiter to go to Syria and join ISIS. But after seeing his ISIS comrades turn on each other and brutalize other Muslims, he realizes the enormity of his mistake.
Episode 13 • Sep 22, 2017
Khadija: Runaway Bride of ISIS
After being forced to join ISIS as a policewoman, a young Syrian woman finds out that a Tunisian fighter has chosen her to be his wife. Khadija and her family hatch a desperate plan to escape from ISIS and the unwanted wedding.
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