An Israeli flag painted on the ground on a busy street in Damascus symbolizes the Syrian government’s longstanding use of enmity with Israel as a nationalist rallying point. (Photo by Alex Stonehill)

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.