‘Mediha’ Review: A Young Yazidi Woman’s Harrowing Quest to Reclaim Her Past

‘Mediha’ Review: A Young Yazidi Woman’s Harrowing Quest to Reclaim Her Past

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Hasan Oswald’s Mediha opens with its subject — a 15-year-old Yazidi girl who recently escaped from ISIS slavery — chasing beauty. She tries to get the attention of a painted lady butterfly perched on a dandelion stalk by making kissing noises with her mouth. When the insect flies away, the dutiful…

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