Bagdad-born Ali Al-Khazaraji moved to Washington in 2009 as a refugee. His family includes both Sunnis and Shias. (Photo by Alisa Reznick)

Alisa Reznick is a UW graduate originally from Flagstaff, Arizona. She currently lives in Amman, Jordan, where she works as a freelance journalist and photographer. Her work has appeared on NPR-partner station KUOW, the Seattle Times, Al Jazeera English and the Seattle Globalist, among others. She can be reached at alisa.reznick@gmail.com or on Twitter at @AlisaReznick.