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Just a few days into filming, ISIS entered the country
Lauand Omar is a Syrian-Kurdish filmmaker with a lifelong love of horror films. Inspired by an ancient Kurdish legend, he wrote a film called 'Curse of Mesopotamia'. In the summer of 2014, he assembled a cast and crew in Erbil in northern Iraq. However just a few days into filming, the whole project changed when so-called Islamic State entered the country.
Iamge: Director Lauand Omar with Actress Stacy Thunes on set in Erbil
Credit: Deebo Films
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