Life After Daesh

Season 1

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.

Where to Watch Life After Daesh • Season 1

13 Episodes

  • Ahmed: I Was an ISIS Policeman
    E1
    Ahmed: I Was an ISIS PolicemanAfter 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.
  • Oum Saker: The Hostage Mother
    E2
    Oum Saker: The Hostage MotherWhen 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.
  • Abu Farouq: I Wish I Could Go Back (in Time)
    E3
    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.
  • Muhammad Al-Masri: I Will Fight Again to Fight ISIS
    E4
    Muhammad Al-Masri: I Will Fight Again to Fight ISISBelieving 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.
  • Abu Obeida: Lost Youth
    E5
    Abu Obeida: Lost YouthA 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.
  • Abu Abdellah: A Mountain of Regrets
    E6
    Abu Abdellah: A Mountain of RegretsWanting 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.
  • Abu Hafsa: What I Learned at ISIS University
    E7
    Abu Hafsa: What I Learned at ISIS UniversityAfter 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.
  • Abu Bandar: A Soldier Fights to Regain His Honor
    E8
    Abu Bandar: A Soldier Fights to Regain His HonorAn 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.
  • Mohammed from Safi: The Accidental Terrorist
    E9
    Mohammed from Safi: The Accidental TerroristStranded 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.
  • Ahmad: I Was a Teenage ISIS Fighter
    E10
    Ahmad: I Was a Teenage ISIS FighterAfter 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.
  • Omar: I Saw Jihad Turn Into Murder
    E11
    Omar: I Saw Jihad Turn Into MurderA 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.
  • Mohammed Salafedin: It Began with a Mobile Phone
    E12
    Mohammed Salafedin: It Began with a Mobile PhoneA 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.
  • Khadija: Runaway Bride of ISIS
    E13
    Khadija: Runaway Bride of ISISAfter 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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