"Against all odds, Gaza's youths continue to adapt. They work offline, code in notebooks, store solar power whenever the sun is out, and wait for rare moments of connectivity to send their work to clients around the world. In a war that has taken nearly everything, digital skills have become a form of survival and resilience. Many now also rely on online work to make a living."
"The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics reports that Israeli forces have deliberately and systematically destroyed the telecommunications infrastructure. "We just always look for another way to get connected, always find another way," said Shaima Abu Al Atta, a coder working from a displacement camp. "This is what actually gave us purpose because if we didn't do this, we would just die surviving and not doing anything. We would die internally.""
A small community of coders, repair technicians and freelancers in Gaza work under dire conditions to preserve digital connectivity and maintain income. Most buildings are damaged or destroyed, and telecommunications infrastructure has been deliberately and systematically targeted, causing frequent outages. Youths adapt by working offline, coding in notebooks, storing solar power, and using rare connectivity windows to deliver work to international clients. Before the war, local tech hubs supported freelancers and contracted programmers. Those hubs and teams have been decimated, yet many continue to rely on digital skills for survival and resilience.
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