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My Name is Dekan

Name: My Name is Dekan
Director: Ala Hoshyar Tayyeb
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2022-03-17
Duration: 22 min
Cast: Lanya Bakhtyar, Roza Shexani, Qubad Talabani, Barzan Muhammed, Raz Frya

2022 · 0h 22m · Documentary

Watch this tonight if you're ready for a sobering, vital documentary that demands attention. 'My Name is Dekan' tackles the brutal reality of honor killings with unflinching clarity, transforming a tragic statistic into a human story that deserves to be seen and remembered—this is cinema with genuine moral weight.

Plot

In December 2021, a female victim's body was discovered and disposed of in a public street in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. Her name was Dekan. Dekan’s corpse was never claimed by family or friends and remained in the morgue for several months. Dekan’s fate like many other female victims ended in the unmarked section of the graveyard, which is often designated for female victims of "honor killings."

Director: Ala Hoshyar Tayyeb

Cast: Lanya Bakhtyar, Roza Shexani, Qubad Talabani, Barzan Muhammed, Raz Frya

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