The true story of the teenage sisters who joined IS
Four Daughters: The true story of the teenage sisters who joined IS Kaouther Ben Hania is up for an Oscar for her documentary about Ghofrane and Rahma Chikhaoui, exploring a disturbing history of radicalisation and generational trauma. Rahma and Ghofrane Chikhaoui look very young in the photos shown of them in the documentary Four Daughters. All that's visible of them are their teenage faces, swathed in black hijabs. They were around 15 and 16 years old respectively when the young Tunisian women became involved with the Islamic State group (IS), which is categorised as a terrorist group by the British government (among others). Their fate, the documentary director Kaouther Ben Hania tells the viewer, was "to be devoured by the wolf" – a reference to the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood. Four Daughters has garnered Tunisian filmmaker Ben Hania her second Oscar nomination, this time in the documentary category (her first was in the international film category i...