Recently, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined the list of politicians interested in filmmaking, with her daughter Chelsea Clinton.

The American presidential candidate and former first lady, who held the position of Secretary of State during the reign of former US President Barack Obama, lived through the events of what was known as the Arab Spring that broke out in 2011 in a number of Arab countries.

Hillary and Chelsea decided to establish a film production company, which would start its first production with a series about women's stories for a group of Kurdish fighters, who had a prominent role in pushing ISIS forces outside the Kurdish areas in northern Syria, specifically from the Ayn al-Arab (Kobani) region and around it. From the villages of 2015, which is known as the siege and liberation of Kobani.

Daughters of Kobane: The Story of the Rebellion

Hilary confirmed - in previous statements to her - that her main goal in establishing the production company, "Hidden light", in partnership with Sam Branson, the son of British businessman Richard Branson, is to celebrate the unpopular heroes of whom not many know, according to her description.

She added that the company will have offices in Los Angeles, New York and London, and through the films, it will make sure to present the stories of "the generations of changemakers who have shaped our world and will continue to do so, often quietly and without anyone noticing them," she said.

Clinton and her daughter announced plans to produce a TV drama about a Kurdish women's militia fighting ISIS in Syria.

Indeed, she chose the book “The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice” by Gil Tzimash Lemon, which is a documentary book for the heroics of the so-called “People's Protection Units” operations. Syrian Kurdish armed factions are the backbone of the Syrian Democratic Forces militia.

Its propaganda says that a large part of these forces are made up of armed Kurdish girls, who were able, through light and individual armament, to provide a safe area for the Yazidis who were persecuted by ISIS forces in northern Syria.

The role that this battalion played in the street fighting to liberate the city of Ain al-Arab (Kobani) in northern Syria, after it had been in the grip of ISIS for more than 3 years, is evident.

For its part, the Turkish Anadolu Agency described the dramatic act as "whitening the face of terrorists", referring to the US alliance with the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and its entire women's arm, and the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ).

Turkey classifies both groups as terrorist organizations because of their links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has waged a 36-year-old rebellion against the Turkish state.

Hillary isn't the first

But the work to be produced by the former presidential candidate is not the first of its kind. Rather, it was preceded by dozens of works, including the movie "Radio Kobani", which was shown in 2016, and deals with the story of a Kurdish journalist who was able to establish a radio station in the ruins of her city in northern Syria. After the battle to liberate the city from ISIS forces, the film is directed by Reaper Dosky.

Girls of the Sun

Also among the films that dealt with the stories of Kurdish fighters is the movie "Girls of the Sun", produced in 2018, and its events are set in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, where "Bahar", the female leader of the "Girls of the Sun" battalion, which is made up entirely of Kurdish female soldiers, On the threshold of regaining control of the city, but they are arrested by a group of ISIS forces, and in light of the events, a female journalist covers the bloody battles.