The Battle

A portrait of DAM, the first Palestinian rap group, living and working in Israel. The members of Dam — Tamer Nafar and his brother Suhel — joined by Mahmood Jreri, born and raised in Lod, a mixed city in the centre of Israel. DAM was notable for their ability to rap in English, Arabic and Hebrew. Giving them special social impact, DAM is able to reach disparate audiences. The pictures were taken on the backdrop of Lod, a city known for its deprived neighbourhoods and high crime rates. In their first years, DAM’s songs revolved around their hometown reality describing the discrimination and poverty in mixed Arab-Israeli cities.