{"id":6028,"date":"2021-08-11T12:39:51","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T12:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jalboutmaysa.com\/?p=6028"},"modified":"2021-09-26T06:53:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T06:53:39","slug":"coding-in-conflict-inside-the-tech-hub-empowering-gazan-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jalboutmaysa.com\/coding-in-conflict-inside-the-tech-hub-empowering-gazan-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 3 &#8211; Coding in conflict: inside the tech hub empowering Gazan youth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hear from Ryan Sturgill, the former director of Gaza Sky Geeks, on the realities of running a tech hub in an occupied territory and the power of learning not to take &#8216;no&#8217; for an answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-9012114\"><\/div>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1814150\/9012114-coding-in-conflict-inside-the-tech-hub-empowering-gazan-youth.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-9012114&#038;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Palestine is a country too often associated with conflict. Home to the world\u2019s longest-running occupation, headlines from the region tell a story of poverty, unemployment and violence. One organisation wants to change the narrative.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gaza Sky Geeks is a startup incubator and accelerator that also houses Palestine&#8217;s first full stack coding academy. Founded in 2011 by the international NGO Mercy Corps, with seed funding from Google, Gaza Sky Geeks is attempting to rewrite Gaza&#8217;s story by focusing not on the territory\u2019s politics, but on creating a digital economy that can sidestep trade and border restrictions and unlock new opportunities for Gazan youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryan Sturgill joined Gaza Sky Geeks as director in 2015, before leaving in May 2021. In this episode of the Impact Room, he looks back at six years of running a tech startup in an occupied territory, touching on the lessons he&#8217;s learned, the power of Palestinian hustle, and the challenges that lie ahead for his successor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more on Gaza Sky Geeks visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gazaskygeeks.com\/\">their website<\/a>, or follow them on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gazaskygeeks\">@GazaSkyGeeks.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Impact Room is brought to you by Philanthropy Age and Maysa Jalbout. Find us on social media at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilanthropyAge\">@PhilanthropyAge.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Disclaimer<\/strong>: This interview was recorded in April 2021, before the most recent conflict in June, which killed more than 250 people in Gaza and over a dozen in Israel, and destroyed thousands of homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gaza Sky Geek\u2019s own office was damaged when neighbouring high-rises were hit by rocket attacks. The team has launched an&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/fundraise.mercycorps.org\/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.personalCampaign&amp;participantID=35227\" target=\"_blank\">online fundraising appeal<\/a>&nbsp;to help repair the building and its generator, and return a much-needed workspace back to the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the host<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maysa Jalbout<\/strong>&nbsp;is a leader in international development and philanthropy. Her previous roles include founding CEO of the Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education, a $1bn philanthropic initiative based in Dubai, and founding CEO of the Queen Rania Foundation. Maysa is a visiting scholar at MIT and ASU, and a non-resident Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Find her on Twitter,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaysaJalbout\" target=\"_blank\">@MaysaJalbout<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of the Impact Room, we meet the Arab women leaders charting a new course against unemployment \u2013 and delivering results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6096,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Episode 3 - Coding in conflict: inside the tech hub empowering Gazan youth - MAYSA JALBOUT<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jalboutmaysa.com\/coding-in-conflict-inside-the-tech-hub-empowering-gazan-youth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Episode 3 - Coding in conflict: inside the tech hub empowering Gazan youth - MAYSA JALBOUT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In this episode of the Impact Room, we meet the Arab women leaders charting a new course against unemployment \u2013 and delivering results.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jalboutmaysa.com\/coding-in-conflict-inside-the-tech-hub-empowering-gazan-youth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MAYSA JALBOUT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-11T12:39:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-26T06:53:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/jalboutmaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/iStock-1137717320.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mj@dmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mj@dmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jalboutmaysa.com\/coding-in-conflict-inside-the-tech-hub-empowering-gazan-youth\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jalboutmaysa.com\/coding-in-conflict-inside-the-tech-hub-empowering-gazan-youth\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"mj@dmin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jalboutmaysa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8beed3fe02d7ee775010da0f0d6aa301\"},\"headline\":\"Episode 3 &#8211; 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