Adam Shapiro

Adam Shapiro is Director of Advocacy for Israel/Palestine at DAWN (Democracy For the Arab World Now), leading advocacy efforts on accountability for human rights abuses and to shift US foreign policy in line with international and human rights law. For 10 years, Adam served as Head of Communications & Visibility for the Ireland-based international human rights organization Front Line Defenders. In that role, he was responsible for campaigning with and for human rights defenders around the world. Adam has filmed human rights documentaries in Darfur, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Europe and the United States. He is the Co-Founder and Co-Publisher of Cypher Comics. and the author of La Lucha: The Story of Lucha Castro and Human Rights in Mexico (Verso, 2015)