FAC Podcast Season 2 Episode 7

Founders & Coders Podcast

An interview with Ghada Ibrahim of Gaza Sky Geeks, FAC's sister organisation in Gaza. We talk about the challenges and joys of learning and teaching others code in Gaza. Code Academy web page: https://gazaskygeeks.com/code/ Volunteering with Code Academy form: https://forms.gle/PHeUMVaiUCD2PifP9 Music by Glenroy-Terence FAC20. Track: Encounters With Acid - Tee Circus. Some media articles involving Ghada and what the team at Gaza Sky Geeks do: - Entrepreneurship Under Occupation; https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2018/07/25/entrepreneurship-under-occupation-my-gaza-startup - Female forces driving the Arab World’s tech revolution; https://www.vogue.in/content/meet-the-female-tech-innovators-of-the-middle-east - Gazan women in IT: doing what you love; https://www.netherlandsworldwide.nl/latest/news/2020/02/06/gazan-women-in-it-doing-what-you-love - Wireless in Gaza: the whizz-kids making code not war; https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/05/wireless-in-gaza-the-code-school-bringing-hope-to-the-strip - Coronavirus: The women fighting back against Covid-19 in Gaza with hackathons, meditation and yoga; https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/world/coronavirus-gaza-palestinians-covid19-middle-east-cases-tech-a9505681.html - Coding in a conflict Zone; https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-45758264/coding-in-a-conflict-zone