Watch Now: Exclusive Clip of Adil & Bilall’s ‘Rebel’

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K.J. Yossman “Rebel,” from Belgian directors Adil & Bilall, follows the story of a young Muslim boy called Nassim who longs to be reunited with his elder brother Kamal, who goes to Syria to help victims of the war before being forced to join a militia.

Radical recruiters spot Nassim as an easy target, promising they can reunite him with Kamal. Only the boys’ mother, Leila, has a hope of saving Nassim.“This is a very personal story for us,” Adil & Bilall said. “It happened to people we know, friends and family.

Under other circumstances we could have been one of these characters. We want to tell the story of this Jihad. Jihad has multiple meanings.

It is the struggle; the internal struggle we feel within ourselves, the fight to spread love and righteousness, but it is also the Holy War, used in a perverted way to justify barbaric acts.