02 Nov 2023
1988
In the winter of 1988, in the depths of the Iraq/Iran war, the border town of Halabja was attacked by chemical weapons with all its people and their different stories.
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Shobo is a young woman who is in a misery situation for having a child, a decision that has a particular impact on her life and her people.
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