Majd Mashharawi from Gaza on business and politics
Radio Utopistan
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Majd Mashharawi (26) is an engineer and founder of two companies in Gaza. A place that is often referred to as the biggest open air prison in the world. But instead of surrendering to her fate, Majd decided to create something under occupation, siege and patriarchy. In headscarf and high heels.
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Her company Greencake is turning rubble and ashes into bricks and houses. Her company Sunbox is turning sunlight into electricity, and salt water into drinking water.
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We talk about weddings, being betrayed, the sound of a rocket and social entrepreneurship.
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Majd’s Utopia is flying over Gaza and seeing solar panels all over the roof tops.
Radio Utopistan
Majd Mashharawi (26) is an engineer and founder of two companies in Gaza. A place that is often referred to as the biggest open air prison in the world. But instead of surrendering to her fate, Majd decided to create something under occupation, siege and patriarchy. In headscarf and high heels.
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Her company Greencake is turning rubble and ashes into bricks and houses. Her company Sunbox is turning sunlight into electricity, and salt water into drinking water.
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We talk about weddings, being betrayed, the sound of a rocket and social entrepreneurship.
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Majd’s Utopia is flying over Gaza and seeing solar panels all over the roof tops.
CREDITS
Music: Robert Pilgram http://robertpilgram.com/
Illustration/Proofreading: Christine Anas https://cargocollective.com/christineanas
Edit: @alli_jaba
Me: www.elisabethweydt.de
MORE INFORMATION
Majd Mashharawi:
https://www.ted.com/talks/majd_mashharawi_how_i_m_making_bricks_out_of_ashes_and_rubble_in_gaza/transcript
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K_qomU3WI4
Sunbox
https://sunbox.ps/english
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j29DylOIeB4&t=8s
On Gaza/Palestine
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/28/gaza-strip-202-unliveable-un-report-did-it-turn-out-that-way
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2020/02/10/world-bank-and-partners-invest-us117-million-in-water-for-palestinians-in-gaza
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2019/11/11/rethinking-job-creation-for-palestinian-youth
Books
Susan Abulhawa: The blue between sky and water
Gideon Levy: The Punishment of Gaza