Bikem Ekberzade

About the Author

Bikem Ekberzade is an award-winning journalist and author whose incisive reporting has illuminated the intersections of environmental justice, indigenous rights, and corporate overreach. With a career spanning international publications, she has chronicled the human stories behind global conflicts and ecological crises, drawing on her Turkish-American heritage to bridge cultural divides. Ekberzade's debut book, Standing Rock: Greed, Oil and the Lakota's Struggle for Justice, vividly captures the 2016 Dakota Access Pipeline protests, blending on-the-ground narratives with rigorous analysis to expose the tensions between resource extraction and native sovereignty. Her work advocates for marginalized voices, urging readers to confront systemic injustices in the pursuit of a more equitable world.