DAWN’s experts are the driving force behind the organization’s mission and vision. Our experts complement our research work and bolster our advocacy efforts.

Returning to Syria, and My City of Homs, After 14 Years of Exile

Beauty remains in Homs. So many people are gone, but there is a soul here that has not left. Everywhere, though, the memory of everyone killed haunts the city.

The End of Assad's Kingdom of Fear in Syria

While Syrians lived in fear and silence, the Assad regime was afraid of its own people—of their pens and papers, their songs, their voices.

Help DAWN protect the lives and rights of Palestinians in Gaza.

We’re fighting for a ceasefire and accountability for Israeli and U.S. officials responsible for war crimes in Gaza.