Istahar (Video)

A Jewish family escapes Iraq in secret as antisemitism intensifies and danger closes in.
Their journey across the desert — men, women, and children riding on camels — becomes a fight for survival.

Little Esther, only a year old, grows dangerously ill and dehydrated. With no options left, her mother makes a heart-wrenching split-second decision: to leave her baby in an Arab palace they pass along the way, entrusting her to an Arab sheikh and his wife in hopes of saving her life.

Fifteen years later, past and present collide in dramatic, unexpected ways.

Istahar is an emotional, humorous, and suspenseful drama about family, identity, and destiny — a story that grips you from the first moment to the last. 

Runtime: 2 hours 31 minutes
Produced by M. Barzel
For women and girls only – approved by mechanchos