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.
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Young Syrians make easy prey for militants

by Alisa Reznick
A volatile mix of boredom, non-existent job opportunities and desperation among young Syrians could lead them straight into the hands of extremists.
Dec 1, 2014
"Hamdan," a 36-year-old former FSA fighter who now lives in a Jordanian refugee camp, plans to return to Syria to rejoin rebel ranks this month. (Photo by Alisa Reznick)

Once united against Assad, Syrians now split by ISIS

by Alisa Reznick
As Americans obsess about ISIS gains, Syrian rebels say we’re neglecting the real threat.
Nov 25, 2014
Reham Hamoui holds up a photo of her and her siblings before the family fled Syria when she was seven. (Photo by Alisa Reznick)

Syrian American dissidents scramble to save their country

by Alisa Reznick
After 20 years in Seattle, civil war brings young a Syrian woman closer to home.
Nov 24, 2014
President Obama delivers a speech from the White House announcing an expanded military campaign against ISIS.

Cautiously, Iraqis and Syrians welcome expanded US fight against ISIS

by Alisa Reznick
What are people in the Middle East saying about Obama's ISIS speech?
Sep 11, 2014
Walid Alkheyat, of the new Iraqi Community of Washington State leads a group of children, women and men to Seattle City Hall during a protest in June asking for US intervention in Iraq. (Photo by Alisa Reznick)

Iraqis in Washington reject sectarian divisions

by Alisa Reznick
Iraqi refugees in the Northwest are quick to downplay the sectarian divisions that are causing fault lines in their home country.
Jul 14, 2014

Globalist launches series about youth caught in Middle East conflict

by Alisa Reznick
The Seattle Globalist is launching a new reporting series about young Syrians living on the borders of war in their region. More than nine million Syrians have been forced from their homes since the conflict broke out in 2011. Two and a half million of them have fled to Jordan and other neighboring countries. And […]
Jun 30, 2014

#Chicagogirl brings Syrian activism to SIFF

by Alisa Reznick
Meet the Syrian college student who helped lead the revolution from her laptop in Chicago.
May 20, 2014