Daniel Gorman is the executive director of Shubbak: A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture and a co-ordinator with Highlight Arts. His work focuses on increasing dialogue, communication and collaboration, while promoting social justice and equality through the arts.  He has worked on arts and politics projects in the UK, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan and Lebanon and is a National Arts Strategies ‘CEO Community and Culture’ 2015 fellow and a British Council Cultural Leadership International fellow.