All the Rivers

Résumé : Are there borders love cannot cross? All the Rivers is a passionate story about two young people falling in love in New York City. There’s just one problem: she is Israeli and he is Palestinian. When Liat meets Hilmi, she is drawn to him despite all her reservations and unwillingness. As they together explore the city and one another, it becomes painfully clear that they can’t prevent themselves from falling hopelessly in love. Set against the backdrop of the beautiful Big Apple, Liat and Hilmi talk, laugh and reminisce about their lives, their past and their conflicted homelands. As summer is approaching, with Liat’s impending return to Israel, her guilt about hiding their love affair from her parents is ever increasing. She must decide if she wants to risk having herself outed from her family and community for the love that she feels for Hilmi. All the Rivers is a beautiful and sad story about forbidden love, written poetically and inextricably linked to the cities in which it is set.