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Gaza Sky Geeks' Leyan Zahdeh on training game developers in Palestine amid displacement and war

Game development training has multiplied across emerging markets over the last few years. For participants in Gaza, talent was never the bottleneck, working conditions were.

Gaza Sky Geeks' Leyan Zahdeh on training game developers in Palestine amid displacement and war

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Game development training has multiplied across emerging markets over the last few years.

For participants in Gaza, talent was never the bottleneck, working conditions were.

That's the problem Gaza Sky Geeks is confronting through its game development programme, which took in 150 participants last year and has since drawn over 1,000 registrations, with around 600 currently in...

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Game development training has multiplied across emerging markets over the last few years. For participants in Gaza, talent was never the bottleneck, working conditions were. That's the problem Gaza Sky Geeks is confronting through its game development programme, which took in 150 participants last year and has since drawn over 1,000 registrations, with around 600 currently in training across Palestine.

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That's the problem Gaza Sky Geeks is confronting through its game development programme, which took in 150 participants last year and has since drawn over 1,000 registrations, with around 600 currently in training across Palestine.

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