daliaawad

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by daliaawad 6y ago
Thank you! My father is an engineer and my mother has a master degree in psychology. My father works for al-baladiyya, I think in English it’s called the municipality. My mother is working with the Gaza Community Mental Health Program which
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by daliaawad 6y ago
Oh, I am glad you liked my blog! Thank you for your sweet words. I hope someday I meet all of my friends from the West bank and maybe share a photo together :)
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by daliaawad 6y ago
Thank you! I am planning to continue my studies after the internship :)
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by daliaawad 6y ago
Exactly! I program left to right in English like the whole world I think. :)
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by daliaawad 6y ago
The team I will be working with is located in Poland. But the internship will be remotely so I am working on getting a visa to Germany because Germany has a consulate service in Gaza so it’s easier for me to get that visa. I heard about ano
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by daliaawad 6y ago
I think of myself as Gazan and Palestinian. Just like a Newyorker and American. But it was important to choose the word Gazan in the title because the Gaza situation is different from other parts of Palestine. Gaza is a very small piece of
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by daliaawad 6y ago
Well, we have good wired connections here in Gaza from Paltel and other companies but our phones only have 2G because of the political situation. The main problem can be with the electricity going off for long hours but we have alternative
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by daliaawad 6y ago
Oh this is so kind of you. Right now I am all set but it is possible that I need help especially with simple things like how to find a place to stay when I arrive in Germany this summer. Again, thank you for offering help :)
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by daliaawad 6y ago
Yes I know! Gaza is so much more than that. There are a lot of smart motivated people. Did you know that one of the people who worked on the Mars Helicopter - NASA that just landed on Mars is from Gaza? https://www.linkedin.com&
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by daliaawad 6y ago
Thank you so much Faris! It was such an amazing experience interviewing at Repl.it and I am glad I got to know you. For sure, I will come back and reapply to to join your team :)
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by daliaawad 6y ago
Ooooh thank you so much! That's great! Also, why don’t you hire someone else from Palestine though? They’re just as good and they’re available now… I was in Manara’s 4th cohort. The 5th cohort just started hunting for internships and j
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by daliaawad 6y ago
Yes you should! The Manara community is amaaazing. They are super smart motivated people who already have computer science or engineering degrees. Manara teach us how to interview at companies… both technical and soft skills… I have a bunch
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by daliaawad 6y ago
Yaasss of course! This is why I wrote this post and am sharing on social media too. :) lots of people are contacting me now on facebook asking how to do it. www.manara.tech will help them. that’s how I got into these companies. their missio
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by daliaawad 6y ago
yes exactly! this is something that I discussed a lot with my mentor at Manara and this is what we agreed on. I’ve never been on an airplane before, I think being in Europe will be life-changing for my career and also for my personal experi
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by daliaawad 6y ago
Thank you so much Amjad! I really love Repl.it and I think I am a startup person in my heart. If you have a fall or spring internship opportunity don’t forget about me!
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by daliaawad 6y ago
Thank you so much! Sure I can come back and share more updates! :)
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by daliaawad 6y ago
Hiii everyone, this is my first time posting here! I have read Hacker News sometimes but only thought about sharing my own post after seeing Manara's post ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25849054 ) last month. I a
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by daliaawad 6y ago
Thank you!
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My experience as a Gazan girl getting into Silicon Valley companies(daliaawad28.medium.com)
1723 points by daliaawad 6y ago|460 comments