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Coffee with Calm | Café con Calma
A high-powered executive learns to slow down from the owner of a small café, finding love in the pause
משיכה בערד | Arad Attraction
A wellness retreat owner in the desert town of Arad helps a burned-out executive discover pleasures beyond the spa.
Hammam Heat
Soraya runs her grandmother's hammam in the old medina. When stressed executive Nassim seeks traditional healing, she scrubs away more than dead skin. 'El hammam ykachef koulech' (الحمام يكشف كلش) - The hammam reveals everything.
The Event Planner's Encore
Vivian plans events for everyone else's milestones. When she organizes a retirement party for a handsome executive, she discovers some celebrations deserve an encore.
The Herbalist's Healing
Mother Sage has practiced traditional healing in Charleston for fifty years. When a pharmaceutical executive seeks her remedies, she discovers some medicines work best together.
Zeralda Zen
Selma runs a beach café in Zeralda. When burnout executive Antoine escapes Algiers for the coast, she teaches him that success is measured in sunsets, not spreadsheets. 'El hayat f'el bahr' (الحياة في البحر) - Life is in the sea.
First Class Lounge
Twelve-hour delay. Lost luggage. Missed connection. The airline's VP of Customer Experience apologizes personally—in the private suite she reserves for passengers who need very special accommodation.