Female undercover volunteers (infiltrators) enter the camp clad in niqabs to identify and coordinate the escape of captives.

The Rescuers of Al-Hol: A Critical Analysis of Sabaya (2021) The Hostile Environment of Al-Hol

Hirori utilizes a "white-knuckle" filmmaking style, placing the audience directly inside getaway cars and alongside the rescuers during tense standoffs. The film won the in the World Cinema Documentary competition at the Sundance Film Festival .

The 2021 documentary Sabaya , directed by Hogir Hirori, chronicles the perilous rescue missions led by volunteers from the Yazidi Home Center to free Yazidi women and girls held captive as sex slaves ("sabaya") by ISIS supporters in Syria's Al-Hol refugee camp.

The film centers on Mahmud and Ziyad, volunteers who venture into the camp armed only with cell phones and pistols. Their operations rely on: