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Selene Verri
Selene Verri is an Italian journalist with over two decades of experience covering the Kurdish issue. Based in Lyon, France, and frequently working from Brussels, her reporting has taken her across Turkey, Iraqi Kurdistan, and Rojava in Syria. In addition to her journalistic endeavors, Verri has made significant contributions to the field through her creative works. She is the author of a book that chronicles her travels along the borders of the Kurdish-populated regions and has produced a film titled "The Flowers of Rojava," which focuses on the women's revolution in Northern Syria. Her interests also extend to the realms of science fiction and dystopia, as demonstrated by her university dissertation on politics in science fiction and her published short stories in Italy and France. Fluent in Italian, English, and French, and with a working knowledge of Turkish and Spanish, Verri's linguistic skills have undoubtedly enriched her reporting and storytelling. Currently, she is engaged in EU-financed innovation projects, with a focus on environment and sustainability, showcasing her versatility and commitment to addressing a broad range of critical issues through her journalistic expertise.
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Hydrogen is the most promising technology for less polluting aviation. The first flights have proven successful but its production remains very energy consuming, its storage challenging and the existing infrastructure unsuitable.
The Future of Aviation: Can Hydrogen Fuel Propel Us to a Cleaner Sky?
North East of Syria is stable enough to welcome people fleeing from war-devastated areas in the rest of the country and from Iraq. In Qamishli, some refugee children live in houses, not tents and go to real purpose-built schools. In this neighbourhood of Qamishli lives a mix of people: Kurdish, Arabs, Assyrians and Armenians, all side by side. The area was multi-ethnic before the war, but since the conflict the communities are more mingled. While some have gone to Turkey, others have arrived, from cities like Damascus or Aleppo. So multilingualism is essential for everyone to get along. Since pre-schoo children have been learning to speak and write at least three languages. But there is another issue: children are often traumatised, and the different communities must learn to live together in peace. This is why schools created by NGOs like Rojava Free Women's Foundation psychological aid to children and parents alike.
Femicide is essential to genocide. Any genocide. It’s what emerged from the International Yazidi Women’s Conference that took place on March 11 and 12 in Bielefeld, Germany.