Loading ...Young Palestinian Entrepreneur Launches Medical Start-up
Hebron, West Bank – Ayat Halaika, dressed in a traditional long turquoise dress and a brown headscarf, her makeup perfectly done, strides into the dusty Friends coffee shop on the main street of this West Bank town. She opens her black leather briefcase and takes out her laptop.
“I hope you have Internet here,” she says briskly to the waiter, even before ordering something to drink. “What’s the password?”
Although just 22, Halaika is a woman in a hurry. She has temporarily dropped out of university to concentrate on her start-up, Medichain. She’s hired six part-time employees, including her older brother who does marketing. And she has big plans for the future.
Source: www.themedialine.org