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The case for hiring Palestinian talent
Anam Raheem is talent matching manager at Gaza Sky Geeks.
Imagine a business opportunity that accelerates innovation and profit for a startup, while directly contributing to Palestinian progress. There is an inner force in Palestine - both in the West Bank and Gaza - that has steadily gained momentum in spite of perpetual political gridlock, a protracted economic crisis, and chronic outbursts of violence. This force is Palestine’s tech ecosystem - the growing community of tech talent, startups, network builders, and growing base of private, public, local, and international funders.
Established in 2011, Gaza Sky Geeks is a Google-backed tech hub headquartered in Gaza City that provides training, infrastructure, mentorship, and financing for entrepreneurs, software developers, and online freelancers to compete in the global tech industry. Gaza Sky Geeks’ many initiatives work toward one overarching goal: putting Palestine on the map as an i
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I’m a 19-year-old girl in Gaza, Palestine studying Computer Engineering who just was selected for a summer internship at Google and Repl.it. I never imagined this is possible. I am sharing my story hoping it will help people in any way!
How I became a geek
I became passionate about programming in high school. My teacher selected me for a robotics competition. We built a line follower robot using Arduino. I totally loved the logic behind programming.
I started taking online courses to learn how to program: an Edx class called “Introduction to Computer Science” and I also joined Technovation, a coding competition for high school girls. We built an app using App Inventor which is similar to Scratch. Gaza Sky Geeks connected us to mentors to help us with building the app. It helped physically abused women reach specialists for help. I loved building something so useful.