{"id":45279,"date":"2026-08-05T00:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T04:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2026\/08\/05\/assignment-getting-gaza-back-online-bbc-sounds\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T00:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T04:23:12","slug":"assignment-getting-gaza-back-online-bbc-sounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2026\/08\/05\/assignment-getting-gaza-back-online-bbc-sounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Assignment &#8211; Getting Gaza back online &#8211; BBC Sounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<section aria-labelledby=\"\u00abR1imm\u00bb\" id=\"main\">\n<h2 id=\"\u00abR1imm\u00bb\">Episode details<\/h2>\n<div data-testid=\"episode-hero\">\n<div><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\"  ><source type=\"image\/jpg\"  ><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span><span>World Service<\/span><span>,<\/span><\/span><span><span>04 Aug 2026<\/span><span>,<\/span><\/span><span><span aria-label=\"duration: 26 mins\">26 mins<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"episode-content\">\n<div>\n<p>Available for over a year<\/p>\n<p>How amid the tents and the rubble Gaza is developing once again as an unlikely tech hub.  Even before the 7 October 2023 attack and the subsequent war between Israel and Hamas, NGOs, with the backing of Google, had sought to develop tech start-ups in the Gaza strip. The digital economy was one of the few areas in which young Gazans in particular could seek to earn money for their families.  During the two years of war they struggled for food and water. Forced to move from place to place, most of them lost their homes, their work, sometimes their laptops and plenty lost family members. Now 80% of Gazans are unemployed and have no income. Many of them live amid the rubble in tents. Stable electricity and internet are difficult to come by. And yet co-working hubs have begun to pop up, giving well educated graduates a chance to work remotely for foreign companies as coders, software engineers and app developers. With Israel controlling what comes in and out of Gaza, they still face significant obstacles, not least finding decent internet, electricity and spare parts for their laptops. And with near-daily bombings continuing, Gaza\u2019s wider recovery remains uncertain. Yolande Knell reports on how its tech workers give a glimpse of a brighter, possible future, open to the world beyond Gaza\u2019s borders.  (Photo: A man sits on a chair outside and is typing on the keyboard of a laptop on his lap. Behind him is a small tree and shrubs and rubble from destroyed apartments bathed in sunlight. He has short brown hair and wears a maroon long-sleeved shirt and jeans)  Producer: John Murphy Studio engineer: Gareth Jones Programme co-ordinator: Gemma Ashman Editor: Penny Murphy<\/p>\n<p><span>Programme Website<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span>More episodes<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode details World Service,04 Aug 2026,26 mins Available for over a year How amid the tents and the rubble Gaza is developing once again as an unlikely tech hub. 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