Close to ten percent of France is Muslim, but economic, cultural and ideological rifts divide the minority from the predominantly Catholic mainstream. (Photo from Flickr by Jorge Royan)

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.