13 stories
El Paso Heat | Calor de El Paso
In a border town where two worlds meet, a teacher finds love with the mechanic who fixes her car
Border Love | Amor de Frontera
An immigration lawyer and her client become something more when the case ends and real life begins
Marjaayoun Border Garden | حديقة حدود مرجعيون
She cultivates a peace garden in Marjaayoun, visible from both sides of the border. He's the conflict photographer documenting the region. In flowers grown from contested soil, they find common ground. 'Inti el salam el mahdoud' (أنتِ السلام المحدود).
Shtoura Checkpoint | حاجز شتورة
She runs a rest stop café at the Shtoura checkpoint, feeding travelers for decades. He's the Syrian refugee chef who changes her menu—and her life. Between borders, they find home. 'Inti el watan' (أنتِ الوطن).
תשוקה בגבול | Border Passion
An Israeli border officer and a Palestinian woman meet secretly at night, crossing borders that maps will never show.
Bordj Badji Mokhtar Border
Tafat guides caravans at Algeria's southernmost point. When border scholar Yusuf arrives studying frontier cultures, she shows him that some boundaries don't exist. 'El hedoud f'el kharita bass' (الحدود في الخريطة بس) - Borders are only on maps.
אומץ בקריית שמונה | Kiryat Shmona Courage
In Israel's northernmost city, a firefighter and a paramedic work side by side—until working together isn't enough.
מסתורין במטולה | Metula Mystery
At Israel's northernmost point, a border patrol agent and a mysterious stranger share secrets that neither can tell.
לילה בנחל עוז | Nahal Oz Night
On Kibbutz Nahal Oz, meters from the Gaza border, two young kibbutzniks discover that love blooms even in the shadow of danger.
حب على الحدود | Border Love of Oujda
A border town merchant discovers passion with a historian studying the cultures that meet in Oujda.
The Midnight Crossing
At the Allenby Bridge crossing between Jordan and Palestine, Yara and Amir meet during a midnight delay—and discover that borders are meaningless when hearts connect.
The Customs Officer
She controls the border between Kenya and Tanzania. His goods are suspect. His documents are questionable. But she offers an alternative to the official process.
Border Crossing
He's caught with contraband at the border. The agent offers an alternative to arrest—a private inspection that becomes a regular arrangement. Now he crosses twice a week, and she's always waiting.