Top Cast
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Sazgar Taha
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Araz Abdulrahman
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Hassan Hamasalih
Overview
Hajar is a trace story of a woman of Anfal, who sacrificed 30 years of her life waiting and building hope from the torn-up pieces of her children’s clothing, she didn’t let the home that her children had built to play at go to waste.
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