Gaza’s tech community reflects on two years of war

This story is adapted from Mohammed R. Mhawish and Aseel Mousa’s recent Rest of World feature, They were building a tech scene in Gaza. Then came the war.

Gaza Sky Geeks may be the world’s unlikeliest tech hub. The startup accelerator was founded in 2011 when Google donated $1 million to support a permanent organization inside Gaza itself, which was operated by the global humanitarian nonprofit Mercy Corps. 

Over the next decade, GSG trained thousands of young people in coding,…