Holly Dagres is an Iranian-American analyst and commentator on Middle East affairs. Based in Cairo, she is the lead researcher at the policy journal, the Cairo Review of Global Affairs. Her work has appeared in multiple publications including: Al-Monitor, Al Jazeera, Foreign Policy, and the Huffington Post. Dagres holds a masters degree in international relations from the American University in Cairo and an undergraduate degree in political science and French from UCLA. You can follow her on Twitter @PoliticallyAff.