Dylan Forbes is a Spring Advocacy Intern at TIMEP. She is a second-year MA candidate in International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, focusing on human rights, political economy, and the Levant. Dylan also serves as an Arabic Teaching Assistant and a Research Assistant for the Center for Constitutional Studies and Democratic Development, where she researches democratic backsliding. Prior to beginning her MA, she lived in Beirut for five years, working with local humanitarian and social justice NGOs in program coordination and monitoring and evaluation roles.