Alana Baranov, at The Blogs

Alana Baranov

Oct 2, 2016, 2:01 PM

“You are only as great as the cause that you serve, and as young as your dreams”. Shimon Peres Visionary. Founding Father. Peacemaker. Shimon Peres was many things, and this week the State of Israel and the world mourn...

Jul 18, 2016, 6:02 PM

Srebrenica – Coming of Age

Nestled amongst the sweeping expanse of cool, white marbled hillsides, a noisy bulldozer pierces the silence as it claws up the soil to expose a gapping hole in the earth. Twenty-one years later, the task of burying the dead...

May 15, 2014, 1:53 PM

Coming together in the democratic process – ‘Make Us Count’

In South Africa’s dark recent past of discrimination and segregation, an individual’s religion, race or nationality was cause for brutal division and oppression. Today, twenty years since the fall of Apartheid and our first multiracial elections in 1994, it...

About Me

Originally from Zimbabwe, Alana is a poet, activist, freelance writer and researcher currently based in Durban, South Africa. Formerly the first Diplomatic Liaison for the SA Jewish Board of Deputies, she is involved in various national and international Jewish organizations both professionally and in elected positions. Alana has a Master’s degree in Transitional Justice and works extensively in refugee rights; the interfaith sector; hate crime advocacy and social justice.