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Turning 18 is the start of an important year for young Israelis. They typically finish high school, become legal adults, and get the right to vote….
via Slate Magazine: http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2014/04/22/natan_dvir_photographs_arab_teenagers_in_israel_for_his_series_eighteen.html
In his series “Eighteen,” Jewish Israeli photographer Natan Dvir attempts to bridge that gap by taking portraits of Arab Israelis from a range of geographic, religious, and socio-economic backgrounds during that crucial year. His goal, he said, was to challenge “the widespread misconceptions and stereotypes of the people within my own country who I was brought up to consider more as foes rather than as allies.”