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Stories Set in Tel Aviv
On the Mediterranean shore, Tel Aviv is a coastal city of beaches, boulevards and white Bauhaus blocks. Founded in 1909 and grown under British rule and Israeli statehood, its secular, business-driven daily life contrasts with wider conflict, giving stories a workday-beach rhythm. Big Bad Wolves and In Between carry that edge. Open Tel Aviv on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
Open Tel Aviv on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in Tel Aviv
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Browse 11 books and 31 movies set in Tel Aviv.
Paradise Now
Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
Big Bad Wolves
Tel Aviv Israel. The twisted paths of three very different men brutally collide due to a chain of unspeakable murders: a grieving father who has been doomed to seek vengeance and a police detective who boldly crosses…
Justin Bieber: Just Getting Started
"My story is something I like to share with others, to show people that with enough belief in yourself and what you can accomplish, anything is possible."—Justin BieberFrom Tel Aviv to Tokyo, over the past few years…
In Between
The film captures the daily duality of three young Palestinian women in Tel Aviv caught between hometown tradition and big city abandon and the price they must pay for a lifestyle that seems obvious to many: the freedom…
Ajami
Ajami is an area of Tel Aviv in Israel where Arabs Palestinians Jews and Christians live together in a tense atmosphere. Omar an Israeli Arab struggles to save his family from a gang of extortionists. He also courts a…
7 Days in Entebbe
In 1976 four hijackers take over an Air France airplane en route from Tel Aviv to Paris and force it to land in Entebbe Uganda. With 248 passengers on board one of the most daring rescue missions ever is set in motion.
Tel Aviv on Fire
Salam an inexperienced young Palestinian man becomes a writer on a popular soap opera after a chance meeting with an Israeli soldier. His creative career is on the rise - until the soldier and the show's financial…
Yossi
The sequel to "Yossi and Jagger" finds character Yossi (Ohad Knoller) leading a sad existence after losing his partner Jagger on the battlefield. A chance encounter with a middle-aged woman linked to his past shakes up…
The Bubble
The movie follows a group of young friends in the city of Tel Aviv and is as much a love song to the city as it is an exploration of the claim that people in Tel Aviv are isolated from the rest of the country and the…
Sublet
A gay New York Times travel writer comes to Tel Aviv after suffering a tragedy. The energy of the city and his relationship with a younger man brings him back to life.
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