Souad Mekhen­net is a reporter for The Wash­ing­ton Post, the Ger­man tele­vi­sion net­work ZDF, and The Dai­ly Beast. She is a vis­it­ing fel­low at the Weath­er­head Cen­tre at Har­vard Uni­ver­si­ty, and at the School for Advanced and Inter­na­tion­al Stud­ies at the John Hop­kins University.