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Sadly, not so much in tech. In medicine, yes, very much so. But in 15 or so years of tech career in Tel Aviv I only got to work with or interview (or even recei

by dvirsky 10y ago

Sadly, not so much in tech. In medicine, yes, very much so. But in 15 or so years of tech career in Tel Aviv I only got to work with or interview (or even receive job applications from) a handful of Arab engineers.

wprapido 10y ago
i've met some arabs in tech in israel. but they are not nearly as many as in medicine
leonatan 10y ago
It's getting better. More and more Arabs are entering the Israeli tech world.
beagle3 10y ago
The most prominent arab Israelis in tech usually leave Israel for the US, e.g. Nafea Bshara (co-founder of Annapurna Labs, now an Amazon subsidiary) and Johny Srouji ( http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-johny-srouji-apple-chief-chipmaker/ http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-johny-srouji-apple-ch... ). SolidRun [0] which makes Cubox and Hummingboard (popular micro ARM boxes, among other things), is also founded and run by arab Israelis. Of note, I have met quite a few arab israelis in technolgoy, and every single one was from a christian family background. I'm sure there must also be arab israeli muslims into technology (among arab israelis, muslim outnumber christians 10:1) - but I have not yet met any in my travels. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SolidRun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SolidRun
nir 10y ago
You'd meet more in Haifa area. Arab engineers I worked with in Tel Aviv all came from Haifa, Nazareth or further north.
- dvirsky 10y ago
  That was my impression too. Sad given that Jaffa is part of Tel Aviv.
slavak 10y ago
Tel Aviv is probably the worst place in the country to look for Arabs in hi-tech; Most of them are concentrated in the Haifa and Yoqneam region. (And possibly in other areas of the country which are less of a hi-tech hub.) In some companies in that area the Arab engineers probably outnumber the non-Arabs - the Technion churns out quite a few high quality Arab engineers on a yearly basis.

by dvirsky 10y ago

wprapido 10y ago

i've met some arabs in tech in israel. but they are not nearly as many as in medicine

leonatan 10y ago

It's getting better. More and more Arabs are entering the Israeli tech world.

beagle3 10y ago

The most prominent arab Israelis in tech usually leave Israel for the US, e.g. Nafea Bshara (co-founder of Annapurna Labs, now an Amazon subsidiary) and Johny Srouji ( http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-johny-srouji-apple-chief-chipmaker/ http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-johny-srouji-apple-ch... ). SolidRun [0] which makes Cubox and Hummingboard (popular micro ARM boxes, among other things), is also founded and run by arab Israelis. Of note, I have met quite a few arab israelis in technolgoy, and every single one was from a christian family background. I'm sure there must also be arab israeli muslims into technology (among arab israelis, muslim outnumber christians 10:1) - but I have not yet met any in my travels. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SolidRun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SolidRun

nir 10y ago

You'd meet more in Haifa area. Arab engineers I worked with in Tel Aviv all came from Haifa, Nazareth or further north.

dvirsky 10y ago
That was my impression too. Sad given that Jaffa is part of Tel Aviv.

slavak 10y ago

Tel Aviv is probably the worst place in the country to look for Arabs in hi-tech; Most of them are concentrated in the Haifa and Yoqneam region. (And possibly in other areas of the country which are less of a hi-tech hub.) In some companies in that area the Arab engineers probably outnumber the non-Arabs - the Technion churns out quite a few high quality Arab engineers on a yearly basis.