Biniamin Ze’ev Avrahami was born in 1969 to two parents who emmigrated to Israel from Iran. He grew up in the Sinai Peninsula until it was returned to Egypt in 1982. He joined the Israeli army a few days before the first Palestinian uprising, and at some point made his own uprising against the Israeli army. He left Israel 20 years ago, graduated from Columbia University’s School of Journalism and contributed articles to publications around the world. He is living in Berlin for the past three years with his wife and daughter.