Tariq Kenney-Shawa is a foreign policy writer and a news/media analyst. He recently received his Masters from Columbia University, where he studied international affairs, conflict resolution, and journalism. Much of Tariq’s work is dedicated to the Palestinian struggle for liberation and an end to military occupation. His writing has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, Foreign Policy, The Nation, Al Jazeera, +972 Magazine, Middle East Eye, and more. Tariq is an avid street and travel photographer and can often be found surrounded by several cats.