Ms Tanya Goudsouzian is a Canadian journalist, author and editorial consultant who has covered Afghanistan and the Middle East for more than two decades. She has held senior editorial roles at international media outlets, including Opinion Editor at Al Jazeera English. Earlier in her career, she reported from Egypt and the Gulf, and worked as a reporter, producer and interviewer for Al Jazeera covering Afghanistan and northern Iraq. Her writing on regional politics appears in outlets including The New Arab, Al Majalla and Engelsberg Ideas. She studied at McGill University, Montreal.