Andrea Wenzel

Andrea Wenzel has written 2 posts for PRI's The World
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Elkader, Iowa: Town Named After Algerian Jihadist

By ⋅ January 2, 2012 ⋅ 3 comments

There’s a town in Iowa that’s probably the only town in the US that’s named for a jihadist. It’s Elkader, and it honors a 19th century Algerian. It’s also the home of an Algerian-American restaurant run by a gay couple (an Algerian man and his Iowan partner). Reporter Andrea Wenzel visits the restaurant and the town.

Bridging the Religious Divide in Thailand

By ⋅ November 30, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

Southern Thailand is riven with clashes between ethnic Malay Muslims and Thai Buddhists. The conflict takes place on a local level but the Muslim imam and the Buddhist abbot in one town are childhood friends.