Seven Tunisian and Iraqi female left-wing activists lift the veil on a gloomy past of the oppression and terror they suffered for their commitment to a political struggle to oppose autocracy and social injustice. In this hidden political history, their testimonies contain shocking accounts of the multiple abuses endured by young women campaigning for justice: intense moments of detention by the police, torture, defamatory political trials, resistance in prison and social exile in their own communities. These rebellious minds were able to bypass this stifling bio-power, rebuild themselves and continue the civic struggle.