Ilan was born in Israel and currently lives in Jaffa. Growing up in Israel, the US, and the UK and traveling the world, made him a bit of a cultural chameleon. He is an expert in the cross-cultural angles of Israel and the history and politics of this place. Ilan studied History and Comparative Religions at the Hebrew University, has worked for Yad Vashem, before going into the field of Human Rights as a campaigner and lobbyist. He co-directed an NGO focusing on Refugee rights, before jumping on to be a primary school teacher. Ilan started guiding a decade ago when searching for a second job and fell in love with this profession. When not busy guiding and heading the PTA of the school he co-founded, Ilan loves cooking, gardening, swimming in the Mediterranean, and drinking coffee.