 She was released on 22 May 2000, when Israel pulled out of the south of Lebanon and the South Lebanon Army forces abandoned the Khiam prison.Parts of Bechara's story were used in Wajdi Mouawad's 2003 play, "Incendies", which Denis Villeneuve adapted to the screen in his 2010 film by the same name.Souha Bechara was born in Deir Mimas, Lebanon and raised in an Eastern Orthodox family.