Nawaz Sharif, leader of the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) political party, casts his vote for the general election at a polling station in Lahore last week. (Photo by REUTERS/Mohsin Raza)

Alex is a cofounder and editor of The Seattle Globalist. He's a visual journalist whose work has been published by PBS, The Seattle Times, FRONTLINE/World and the Seattle Weekly.  Alex teaches journalism in the University of Washington's Department of Communication and recently directed the documentary film Barzan.