The film "Black storm", directed by "Hussein Hasan", caused a wave of anger in the Yazidi community before it was shown at the Duhok film festival, and during its presentation, the anger took a nervous turn that does not Bode well. The film presents a bad image of the Yazidi community.

And I think the film in the coming days and will cause the wrath of Shia Muslims due to the fact that there are Shiite Shah the man who trades with the Yazidi women.

Thus, we must show and write the truth behind the history during the ISIL period. The exchange of accusations of treachery between Iraqi groups and misrepresentations of facts will remain valid unless a "truth Commission" is established in the pursuit of justice , which we lost in the period after the fall of Saddam Hussein, so we will not miss this time, or its consequences will be terrible for any process of restoring trust in the post-ISIS period.

Cinema is not exempt from this, nor are researchers, writers, scientists, and representatives of civil society. We are all responsible for clarifying the facts. In a world where politicians write history, we have to write a parallel copy that shows what actually happened our own version of the story says:

"With regard to the sensitive issue of Yazidi survivors, the Yazidi community has demonstrated its resilience and amazing resilience. Despite forcibly forcing Yazidis to accept Islam, important attempts were made by Yazidis to absorb its destructive impact. Senior religious clerics such as "Bawe Sheikh" - told and explained that the Yazidis are trying to resist attempts to change the religious beliefs of the Yazidis, emphasizing that they were made under duress, and trying to assure the Yazidis that they will not affect the purity of belonging to the Yazidis.

Stories of a surviving marriage (a husband accepting a raped wife) have become a fundamental example of a Yazidi identity that goes beyond the act of extermination, and a Declaration of liberation from the traditional traditions of society that oppressed women and treated them worse or did not accept them after rape, and these stories allow Yazidis to show the world a different image that goes beyond stereotypes and prejudices Society breaks the stereotype.

A young Yazidi man named "Jamal bir Haider" volunteered for the Yazidi units fighting against ISIL and announced his marriage to his kidnapped girlfriend "Asmahan bir Ibrahim bir Mishko" at the Lalish temple and with the blessing of "Baba Sheik", after she managed to escape from her captors, the young married. There are other similar stories, perhaps the most famous of which is the story of a young Yazidi " Ali "who, in turn, became a fighter in the armed Yazidi units to save his girlfriend," Vian Mirza", who was enslaved by ISIL terrorists, and after his success in freeing her , he was asked to marry her, they married. The newlyweds received psychological and physical treatment in Germany as part of a program to rescue Yazidis from captivity.

These stories, which have been widely noted, will become the first Yazidi survivor. At the Lalish Temple, the Yazidi Emir "Tahsin Said Bey" congratulated these young people on their connection to their loved ones and their courage in taking this step, and encouraged them. According to him, Yazidi youth will take a similar step by marrying the kidnapped and surviving captives, "to demonstrate to the world that we are a religion and a doctrine of tolerance, peace, brotherhood and love."

As for assessing the real impact of this step, only the stories of ISIS survivors will show it. One of the survivors told Khadru al-Domali: "I had the opportunity to survive twice, but I hesitated for fear of not accepting us by the society on our return, but one day I found out in contact that Baba Sheikh and the Spiritual Council and all the Yazidis support our return. I told the rest of the kidnapped girls, and this became the motivation for us to survive and return."

This is something that should be widely publicized and remains immortal in the hearts of those who protect the oppressed in our unstable middle East. It is a narrative of history that cannot be falsified in a film, book, or even an official decision by local, regional, or international forces.

Saad Sallum