Holly Dagres

Holly Dagres
Born	Los Angeles, California
Alma mater	University of California, Los Angeles American University in Cairo
Occupation(s)	Analyst Commentator
Website	Official website

Holly Dagres (Los Angeles, California) is an Iranian-American analyst and commentator on the Middle East with a focus on Iran.^[1]^[2]^[3] She is a nonresident senior fellow at the Washington-based think tank, the Atlantic Council.^[4] She is also editor of the IranSource blog and the curator for the weekly newsletter, The Iranist.^[5]^[6]

Early life and education

Dagres was born in Los Angeles to an Iranian immigrant mother and American father. In 1999, she moved to Tehran, Iran. Dagres spent her teenage years in Iran, from 1999 to 2006, during which time she graduated from Tehran International School.^[7]^[8]^[9] Dagres received her bachelor's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and her master's degree from the American University in Cairo.^[10]^[11]

Career

Dagres is a contributing editor at the Cairo Review of Global Affairs.^[12] Dagres regularly conducts interviews for television, radio, and print, including BBC News, CNN, Fox News, NBC News, the New York Times, the Telegraph, and Washington Post, among others.^[13] Her work has appeared in numerous publications including Al Jazeera, Al-Monitor, Atlantic Council, Buzzfeed, Foreign Policy, the Huffington Post, and Voice of America.^[14]

In 2009, Dagres entered the Miss California USA 2010 beauty pageant as Miss Northridge.^[15]

In 2015, Your Middle East called Dagres one of the must follow Instagram users of the Middle East.^[16] Her Instagram account was called one of the "8 stunning Instagram accounts that shed light on the real Iran" by Elan Magazine.^[17] It was also featured by Al Jazeera English's "Stream of the Week" as a glimpse into Iran.^[18]

In 2017, Dagres posted a photo of her late Iranian grandmother with hashtag #GrandparentsNotTerrorists to show solidarity against U.S. President Donald Trump's Executive Order 13769, also known as the Muslim Ban. After it went viral, she and a friend started the 'Banned Grandmas' Instagram account to remind Americans that the ban is ongoing and continues to affect American families.^[19]^[20]

In 2018, Dagres joined the Washington-based think tank, the Atlantic Council as a nonresident senior fellow and editor of the IranSource blog.^[21]

References

^ "About". Holly Dagres. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
^ "About Holly Dagres". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
^ "Interview with Holly Dagres - UCLA (June 15, 2011)". Pars Times. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
^ "Holly Dagres". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
^ "Who are we?". The Iranist. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
^ "Iranian-American, Holly Dagres, Gives Insight on U.S.-MENA Foreign Policy and Building Dialogue". Middle East Collective. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
^ Castro, Tony (20 March 2008). "For the children of Iranians, a new year, a unique outlook". LA Daily News. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
^ "Interview: Foreign Political Analyst, Holly Dagres". LAexcites Radio Station. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
^ Dagres, Holly. "An American in Tehran". Cairo Review of Global Affairs. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
^ "About". Holly Dagres. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
^ Dagres, Holly. "Memories of Tehran International School". Your Middle East. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
^ "Holly Dagres". Cairo Review of Global Affairs.
^ "Holly Dagres". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
^ "About". Holly Dagres. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
^ Castro, Tony (22 November 2009). "From Tehran to Northridge to ... Miss California?". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
^ Illugadóttir, Vera. "You've gotta follow these Instagrammers in the Middle East". Your Middle East. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
^ "8 stunning Instagram accounts that shed light on the real Iran". Elan Magazine. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
^ "A glimpse into Iran on Instagram". Al Jazeera. 25 October 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
^ Garcia, Patricia (11 July 2017). "Banned Grandmas Shows Some of the Real Victims of Trump's Muslim Ban". Vogue. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
^ Hoffman, Ashley (6 July 2017). "Meet the People Posting Photos of 'Banned Grandmas' to Protest the Travel Ban". Time. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
^ "Holly Dagres". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 24 September 2019.