Growing intolerant to the current state of the high technology sector in the Arab region, three young Arab engineers are seeking to sow the seeds of change. Hence, Handasa Arabia (or Arabic Engineering), a non-profit, open-source organization, was born | IslamOnline.net
When it comes to scientific research or high technology, the Arab region is always, and perhaps justifiably so, assumed a desert. This region, however, is not deficient in a rare breed of people who want to turn the situation around – with financial return not being one of their aspirations.
The founders of Handasa Arabia (HA) have a lot in common. They are all familiar with the hardships of being hardware design engineers in an Arab country where, like almost all developing countries, the industry, if any, is primitive, the funding is extremely limited, and governmental support is minimal. In the meantime, they all hold it as an article of faith that in this seemingly desert region, and similar to other developing countries, skilled, well-educated hi-tech engineers are not in short supply. They were also well aware that the lack of proper jobs for young engineers leaves them with little choice but to succumb to a job in sales and marketing or, at best, in hardware maintenance.
