A young woman (Maryam Hassouni) is preparing for the battle against IS in Iraq. Before she can go, she needs to take leave from her boyfriend (Teun Kuilboer).
Dutch-Kurdish Ceylan is living the perfect life; and has a nice boyfriend, Bastiaan. However, the war in her homeland is fighting for her attention. She no longer can handle watching the misery on TV without taking action. Therefore she decides to become 'Peshmerga' and say goodbye to her secure life with Bastiaan, maybe forever.