Verda Yüceer

Lübnan, Irak, Ürdün ve Türkiye’de insani yardım ve kalkınma projeleri için çalışıyor. Lisans eğitimini Ankara Üniversitesi Uluslararası İlişkiler bölümünde, yüksek lisansını Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi (ODTÜ) Orta Doğu Çalışmaları alanında tamamladı. Halen İstanbul’da Birleşmiş Milletler (BM) Dünya Gıda Programı için çalışıyor, Kadir Has Üniversitesi’nde Uluslararası İlişkiler alanında doktora çalışmalarına devam ediyor.

BY VERDA YÜCEER

Happy World Food Day!

October 16 was the World Food Day. One-third of all food produced in the world is lost or wasted, equating to nearly 1.3-1.6 billion tons of food with a value of 1.1 trillion euros each year. This is the equivalent of six trucks of edible food lost or wasted every second.

19 October 2020

PENNED BY VERDA YÜCEER

‘Are you okay?’

Meanwhile, we all watch these cheap reality shows: Every other day, another incident due to animosity towards immigrants... I am wondering if they are okay after arriving in the UK. What about you? Are you okay? Because I am not.

3 September 2020

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The Levantine banality of evil: Kafala system in Lebanon

Is a revolution complete when deep-rooted racism (expressed through the Kafala system and beyond) is not eliminated? Would it still have been the same to visit Lebanon and walk in the jasmine scented streets without thinking of these Ethiopian women?

22 June 2020