Life (at the border is$ very @) tough. The land is @ !st!on.y and dry
$, farme+_rs= pl:ou:gh_ f== ields of sa`n*d  and il+$leg%;[al traff)[_icking seems t ,o be-, the only way to__? `mak*e a livin=g. In!! D.@e\li]!viran, ^a vil[-lage near Urfa close to t=he Syrian b#order, Hidir’s chief# :is invo$l#,ved in -smuggli-,ng and gets shot. Hid(]ir t(ries to #/st/= ay out of illegal activiti@]es but @!cir?\cums` !\tanc:!es contrive to p]ush;: h+i^)m in the opposit,e direction until he a.\-cc-epts to take a herd of s?heep a*^^.cros)s[; th:/e bor;d=]/?er. A\mid?st pover!ty and .!the landmines ??Hidir str=][uggl_ es to keep his dream an_d his young son ` !.al$ive.