#15 Israel Ben-Shoshan
It was on Friday morning when I saw Israel Ben-Shoshan sitting in a small public garden in Shenkin, reading a newspaper and smoking a cigarette while I interrupted him and asked for his attention. He was very happy to share his story. Israel is from Jerusalem originally, but now lives in Tel Aviv. He was proud to announce that he was the...
#14 Mundir Hussien
I met Mundir Hussien while I was taking a photo walk in a neighborhood called Florentine in Tel Aviv. He called out to me from inside a big supermarket he was working on as a contractor. He was very enthusiastic, so much so, that he showed me what he had unearthed while digging. Mundir lives in a small village in the north of Israel and hates...
#13 Tesfagabr
Want you to meet Tesfagabr. Can you pronounce his name? Neither can I. Tesfagabr was arranging the fabric while I approached him and asked him to be a part in my project. He was a bit shy. He is from Eritrea and has been living here in Tel Aviv for 2 years, but all his family is still there. His sister, for example, got married not so long...
#15 Israel Ben-Shoshan
It was on Friday morning when I saw Israel Ben-Shoshan sitting in a small public garden in Shenkin, reading a newspaper and smoking a cigarette while I interrupted him and asked for his attention. He was very happy to share his story. Israel is from Jerusalem originally, but now lives in Tel Aviv. He was proud to announce that he was the first Israeli who got extradited from USA to the Israeli prison. After a few minutes of conversation I had to leave him and say goodbye. It is fascinating how people are willing to expose themselves and tell their life story.
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