Art imitates life in Rojava

Actor Dilan Gwyn

Actor Dilan Gwyn Source: Supplied

Dilan Gwyn is a Kurdish-Swedish actor residing in Los Angeles, US. She has recently starred in the film Sisters in Arms (Soeurs d'armes) as a young kidnapped Yezidi sex slave turned resistance fighter named Zara. In this interview, Dilan shares her journey into acting, detailing her experience portraying a fictional role that hits close to home as events in Rojava concurrently unfold in reality.



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