Ezells-56 The Ezell’s training team and local employees outside the new franchise in Sharjah, near Dubai. (Photo via Ezell’s website) 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.