Rahma Ahmad

TechMed Gaza

Ramha Ahmad

TechMed Gaza provides Palestinian-led mental health and psychosocial support to children and families living through genocide, displacement, injury, and the destruction of the places that should keep them safe. Working with local practitioners and communities, it delivers individual and group activities and uses virtual reality to give children age-appropriate ways to engage, learn, and express themselves.

TechMed has developed virtual reality experiences and delivered sessions with children and families while Gaza’s health services remain under immense pressure. The technology supports the work of specialists and field teams, who assess people’s needs and connect them with further care when needed. Rahma’s aim is to develop Palestinian and Arabic content shaped by the communities using it, and a model of support that local teams can sustain.

Samaher Romi

Beit Al Dameh

Samaher Romi

Beit Al Dameh is a community space in Zababdeh, Jenin, where children and families come together to play traditional Palestinian games. Samaher researches, documents, redesigns, and makes games such as dameh, sijeh, marbles, and mancala, then brings them into workshops and everyday community life.

As these games become less familiar to younger generations, the knowledge held by those who played them risks being lost. At Beit Al Dameh, children learn directly from parents, neighbours, and older people who share the rules, memories, and stories behind each game. It gives families a place to spend time together while keeping Palestinian heritage in use. Libraries have expressed interest in creating similar spaces, and Samaher hopes to bring this approach to more communities.

Sara Saleh

Robotics Club

Sara Saleh

Robotics Club gives Palestinian students the chance to learn technology by building with it. Young people work with robotics equipment, experiment, and solve problems for themselves—an opportunity many do not have through school or cannot afford elsewhere. Trying these subjects early helps students discover their interests before they must choose what to study.

The club also supports students to participate in international robotics competitions, where they can develop their skills and represent Palestine alongside teams from other countries. Since 2018, Sara reports that 150 students have participated, with 80 later choosing technical fields including computer science, robotics, and engineering. Robotics Club’s vision is a generation of Palestinian innovators who use technology to serve their communities. Sara hopes one day to bring an international robotics competition to Palestine.

Rakan Darwish

AYWA (Aspire Youth with Action)

Rakan Darwish & Ramzi Beidas

AYWA creates opportunities for Palestinian students to turn their ideas into responses to the challenges they see around them. Through hands-on innovation and entrepreneurship programmes, it brings participants together with mentors, schools, businesses, and community organisations to work on real problems.

Young people enter these programmes with knowledge of their own communities. AYWA gives them room to investigate a challenge, test an idea, learn from others, and decide what to do next. Local partners help shape the programmes, while participants’ feedback informs how they improve. AYWA’s ambition is to make this experience available across Palestine, giving more young people the connections and practical support to act on their ideas and shape their futures.

Najla Abdellatif

Lore Local

Lore Local connects Palestinian artisans and small producers with international customers. Its e-commerce platform brings together their products, the stories behind them, and the practical work of selling online—from marketing to payments and shipping. These are difficult tasks for a maker to manage alone, especially when restrictions on trade and declining tourism have narrowed the ways many Palestinian businesses can reach customers.

Lore Local is building a wider market for work already being made across Palestine. Najla has seen what that can mean for a merchant in Jerusalem’s Old City, whose sales increased after years of falling tourist numbers. By bringing more producers onto the platform, Lore Local aims to strengthen livelihoods and keep Palestinian crafts in active production, with the people who make them at the centre of their stories.

Hiba Abu Dahouk

Athar Al Haa

Athar Al Haa was founded to protect what displacement and marginalization have long threatened: the living cultural memory of Palestinian Bedouin women. The project creates a dignified space for Bedouin women to work, tell their own stories, and preserve an inheritance — in fabric, song, color, and craft — that has been passed down without ever being written down. Where others have exploited these skills and extracted cultural symbols without consent or credit, Athar Al Haa builds a platform that recognizes women’s cultural ownership and turns heritage into a source of sustainable livelihood.

Through intergenerational gatherings, Athar Al Haa preserves Palestinian Bedouin cultural heritage while enabling women to pass on knowledge, protect cultural ownership, and produce heritage-based crafts and clothing.

Mohammed Mousa

Seen Network

Seen Network uses LARP (live-action role play) and improvisational play to rebuild something increasingly rare: real, embodied connection between people. In a world where digital communication has replaced face-to-face interaction, Seen creates structured spaces for self-expression, listening, and relationship-building through games rooted in Palestinian identity, stories, and daily life. The measure of success is simple — when participants carry the experience back into their lives. One of the most powerful testimonies came from a former political prisoner, who said he wished he had known these games during his time in prison: it would have made the time easier to bear.

Jabra Dukmak

Laheq Halak

Laheq Halak (“Catch Your Deal”) is a mobile app connecting Palestinian vendors — supermarkets, bakeries, produce sellers — with consumers looking for quality food at reduced prices, turning surplus and near-expiry goods into an opportunity rather than waste. With 47% of Palestinian solid waste being organic, the problem is environmental as much as it is social: food discarded while families struggle to afford meals. Since launching, the app has reached over 4,000 downloads, 720 registered users, and 20+ active vendors, while supporting more than 100 families through a solidarity card model. Laheq Halak has presented in more than 12 countries across 24 international events — and its founder is leaving his engineering career to build it full time.

Hiba Biary

Zaytuna

Zaytuna was born in Al-Am’ari refugee camp, where women face limited economic opportunity despite possessing traditional embroidery skills, due to gaps in production standards, packaging, digital marketing, and restricted access to local and international markets. Zaytuna brings women artisans together, activating their existing embroidery skills through coordinated production, training in production, packaging, and digital readiness, and peer learning and experience exchange. It builds a shared platform that organizes their work and connects it to local and international markets.

Since launching formally in early 2026, Zaytuna has trained 13 women from the camp and signed a memorandum of understanding with Novica Palestine through the “Nourak Wasel” initiative, opening doors to global buyers. Zaytuna measures its success not just in sales, but in the confidence of the women who make it, and in the Palestinian heritage preserved in every piece they create.

Muna Ammar

Tanweer Center

Tanweer Center was founded to close the educational and developmental gap facing children and youth in Beit Ummar — a town with no cultural centers, overcrowded schools, and limited access to the skills and spaces young people need to thrive. The Center offers interactive learning programs in literacy, English, computer skills, and the arts, filling a gap that families in the town had been traveling to Hebron to address. Among its students: a young woman who found her way through art classes after a painful divorce and went on to study fine arts at university, and a boy who arrived in fifth grade unable to read a single letter of Arabic and today is in eleventh grade. Tanweer turns the corner for children who have fallen behind — and gives them the confidence to keep going.

Caesar Abu Mariam

Ramallah Unlocked

A significant portion of tourism in Palestine is dominated by Israeli tour operators, which limits visitors’ access to authentic Palestinian narratives and local cultural experiences. Ramallah Unlocked reimagines cultural tourism in Palestinian cities through community-led experiences, offering cultural tours, events, and digital storytelling that connect visitors directly with artists, cultural initiatives, and local businesses. It strengthens participation in everyday cultural life, making cities living spaces of discovery that center living culture over static heritage sites.

Through daily cultural tours, a live events platform, and direct partnerships with local artists, shop owners, and cultural initiatives, Ramallah Unlocked connects visitors with the living culture of Ramallah — not its monuments. To date, the project has hosted over 1,000 visitors from more than 100 countries across 300+ tours, linked over 300 local businesses and artisans into its tourism routes, and promoted more than 3,000 cultural events and 500 Palestinian artists through the Ramallah Events platform. The result is a new model of cultural tourism — one narrated from the inside, by the people who live it.

Dina Asfour

Tatreez Collective

Tatreez Collective addresses the underutilized potential of Palestinian crafts, whose cultural and economic value is often constrained by gaps in design skills, sustainability practices, and material quality, limiting their competitiveness in global markets. The collective works directly with artisans to combine traditional Tatreez with training in design, materials, and sustainable production, while connecting their work to international audiences through storytelling, research, and ethical market access. By positioning Palestinian crafts around quality rather than charity, Tatreez Collective creates dignified income opportunities, strengthens the global presence of Palestinian craftsmanship, and supports the preservation and evolution of cultural heritage through sustainable, market-driven growth.

Nabat Eco Farm

Nabat Eco Farm is a thriving permaculture hub where neglected land is transformed into lush, purposeful green spaces. At Nabat, traditional Palestinian farming practices are kept alive—not as nostalgia, but as practical, living methods that guide the farm’s design and ecosystem. Every plant, soil patch, and water source has a role, creating a resilient environment that adapts to seasonal and climate changes. The farm mixes these practices with sustainable methods, making it a living, breathing ecosystem that nurtures both the land and the people. It’s also a space to learn, connect, and get inspired, where students, researchers, and visitors can reconnect with the land—and with themselves.

Nida Nassar

Baladna

Baladna is a pioneering social enterprise founded by Nida Nassar that aims to equip Palestinian youth with the tools they need to thrive in a rapidly changing world. By providing educational opportunities, mentorship, and hands-on training, Baladna empowers young people to become leaders in their communities. With a focus on preserving Palestinian culture, values, and identity, Baladna is working to build a future where youth are not just passive recipients of change but active drivers of it.

Jinan Sawahreh

Dagon

Dagon is a social enterprise founded by Palestinian entrepreneur Jinan Sawahreh that seeks to preserve and share the culinary heritage of Palestine. Through a series of interactive cooking experiences, workshops, and educational initiatives, Dagon offers an immersive journey into the heart of Palestinian culture, grounded in the food that has sustained generations. By supporting local farmers, artisans, and the sustainable practices that have defined Palestinian cuisine, Dagon aims to bridge cultural divides and restore pride in Palestinian identity through the celebration of food.

Tarteel An-Natsheh

Fada

Founded by Palestinian social entrepreneur Tarteel An-Natsheh, Fada is a social enterprise dedicated to improving mental health, particularly among Palestinian youth. Through workshops focused on drama, theater, and community-building, Fada provides a safe space for children to express their emotions and build resilience. In a region marked by political conflict and social challenges, Fada aims to address the mental health needs of Palestinians by offering accessible, community-driven programs that foster healing, connection, and personal growth.

Israa Othman

MKNA

MKNA is a social enterprise founded by Israa Othman with the mission of creating sustainable economic opportunities for marginalized communities in Palestine. Through a variety of creative training programs, the enterprise focuses on equipping youth with the necessary skills in design, digital media, and entrepreneurship. These skills are not just practical but also aimed at fostering a mindset of social responsibility and innovation.

What sets MKNA apart is its approach to blending business with social impact. The enterprise operates with the belief that sustainable development can only happen when local communities are empowered to take charge of their own futures. By providing young Palestinians with the tools and knowledge to succeed, MKNA is laying the groundwork for a thriving creative economy in Palestine.

The enterprise also supports a network of local artisans, creatives, and entrepreneurs by offering platforms for collaboration, innovation, and the sharing of resources. Whether through workshops, mentorship programs, or job creation, MKNA is dedicated to creating a positive and lasting impact on Palestinian society.

Mohammed Abu Fardeh

Qitaf Environmental Cooperative

Qitaf Environmental Cooperative is a Palestinian youth-led initiative based in Dura, Hebron, that transforms abandoned or marginalized land into educational gardens and eco-production spaces. Founded in 2023, Qitaf offers environmental training, empowers young people and women through sustainable agriculture, and creates local green products using recycled materials. Qitaf envisions becoming a licensed environmental education center and a model of community resilience and climate action in Palestine.

Doa Harish

Arab Women Entrepreneurs Association

The Arab Women Entrepreneurs Association (AWE) is a social enterprise founded in 2021 by Palestinian lawyer and community leader Doa Harish to empower Arab women to become economic and social change-makers. Rooted in Nazareth and working across Palestine and the Arab world, AWE provides women with access to entrepreneurial training, skills development, mentorship, and a supportive network of peers and partners.

AWE addresses the systemic barriers Arab women face—including limited job opportunities, lack of confidence, and restricted access to resources—by fostering a vibrant, cross-border ecosystem of women-led innovation. The organization emphasizes not only business development, but also leadership, identity, and community transformation. Through strategic partnerships, advocacy, and community-building, AWE is creating a new generation of Arab women entrepreneurs shaping the future of their societies.

Ilaria Speri

The Wonder Cabinet

The Wonder Cabinet is a space for artistic production and cultural development in Bethlehem, Palestine, inaugurated in May 2023. It brings together people and initiatives from different geographies and sectors to implement experimental projects and productions encompassing the visual and sound arts, artisanship, design, architecture, food, research and education. The space comprises a production facility, artist studios, a flexible multipurpose hall, a listening bar and food laboratory, a store, a sound production and Radio alHara station, and a garden.

Suha Khuffash

Art to Heart

Established in 2018, Art to Heart is a Palestinian non-profit organization that aims to transform PwD lives and promote social change through engagement in the arts. The organization is guided by a strong belief in art as a powerful and effective means through which to enhance the lives of deaf, disabled, and neuro-diverse individuals by encouraging self-expression, challenging stereotypes, and advocating for the rights of those at greatest risk of social isolation. We strongly believe in the power of art in changing the world, affecting all aspects of life, and helping extinguish old stereotypes of disabilities.

Sarah Abu Madi

Rommana

Rommana is an artistic and cultural space for children in the besieged Wadi Al-Samen area near Hebron. Rommana overcomes children’s movement restrictions and allows them to live different experiences in the arts, film screenings, story discussions, and book lending services. Rommana builds bridges between children and the place, between the children themselves, and the children and their families.

Rommana won the Rami Zahi Award for Cultural Creativity.

Asmahan Illian

Talleh Cultural Center

Talleh Cultural Center celebrates Palestinian culture through traditional handicrafts. They produce gifts made of olive wood carvings, basketry, pottery, loom weaving, embroidery, and other Palestinian-inspired handicrafts.

Talleh also provides training for women on traditional crafts, such as pottery, loom weaving, straw weaving, embroidery, and mosaic. They seek to preserve and promote Palestinian cultural heritage while empowering women through skill development and economic opportunities.

Yaqeen Yamani

Jericho Cinema Club

Jericho Cinema Club is a youth collective established in 2020 with a mission to enrich the cultural landscape of Jericho. Their weekly film screenings cater to kids, teenagers, and youth, while their seasonal art and cultural events provide further opportunities for engagement.

Kareem Yahia

VirtuaLand

VirtuaLand is a cutting-edge company that uses 3D technology to create digital twins of physical spaces, allowing guests to experience them virtually as if they were really there. Their unique focus on Palestinian Heritage Preservation sets them apart, as they are dedicated to documenting and preserving cultural and natural heritage around the world.

To achieve this goal, VirtuaLand employs a range of advanced technologies, including digital 3D virtual modeling, VR/AR, virtualization solutions, and geospatial informatics. The resulting digital data and 3D models can be shared with governments, regional institutions, museums, local scholars, and the public, helping to ensure that our collective cultural and natural heritage is preserved for future generations.

Tasneem Hamad

Abacus

Abacus, the app that simplifies mental mathematics for ages 5 to 15. This powerful tool boasts an intuitive interface and customizable features, making it perfect for students, professionals, and anyone in need of number-crunching on the go. Abacus covers basic addition and subtraction as well as advanced complex calculations.

Abdallah Rayyan

Al-Reef Eco Farm

Al-Reef Eco Farm is an environmental project focused on sustainable ecological farming. They produce vegetables and fruits without the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers, ensuring that their crops are free from harmful chemicals.

In addition to their farming practices, Al-Reef Eco Farm also provides training for farmers and amateurs on environmental farming methods, as well as raising awareness about the dangers of traditional agriculture and the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers on nature and human health. Their commitment to sustainable practices makes them a valuable resource for those looking to learn about and implement environmentally-friendly farming techniques.

Manal Salem

Rawajeh Al-Saan

Rawajeh Al-Saan is an intermediary between producers in our Bedouin areas and consumers of milk and its derivatives. We focus on marketing and packaging products, ensuring quality, and encouraging producers to produce more quantities and store them so that products are available throughout the year.

Doaa Badran

Orange Truck – شاحنة برتقال

‘Orange Truck’ is a digital platform with a contemporary focus on promoting art awareness and showcasing Palestinian creativity to a global audience. The platform seeks to connect artists and their work with diverse audiences through a range of online channels, including social media and virtual exhibitions.

Through its engagement with different art forms and media, ‘Orange Truck’ aims to foster a greater understanding of the cultural and creative practices of Palestine while also highlighting the diversity and richness of the Palestinian artistic community.

Mohammad Nejmeddin

Seddeh

Seddeh is a Palestinian start-up that focuses on sustainable fashion, with a mission to make it accessible and enjoyable for everyone. They believe that fashion can be both stylish and eco-friendly, and aim to reduce waste by offering pre-loved clothes.

Seddeh offers a unique shopping experience that combines fashion, sustainability, and affordability.  

Hamzeh Ghosheh

Naviatx

Millions of people around the world drive their cars every day, putting themselves and those around them at risk. 

Despite the controls currently in place, the world suffers from one and a quarter million deaths and 20 million road injuries annually, resulting in losses exceeding one trillion dollars globally.

We at Naviatex have developed “Maslak” , the first smartphone application to measure and reflect driving techniques in the form of credit that gives the driver a better understanding of his/her practices, and rewards safety to reduce the devastating effects of dangerous driving and preserve the lives of drivers and road users.

Rawan Rajab

Blue Stone

Millions of shekels are lost annually in Palestine due to the lack of awareness on the importance of solid waste, as only about 1% of the total solid waste in the West Bank and Gaza is recycled, which annually amounts to about 850 thousand tons, according to some estimates. 

Recycling in Palestine is carried out through individual initiatives or small projects. So that job opportunities can be created and a better reality can be created.

We at Blue Stone aim to produce environmentally friendly interior stone in new shapes and colors that meet the needs and tastes of customers, and reduce the waste through recycling and reducing the negative impact on the environment in Palestine. 

Mahmoud Al Shaer

28 Magazine

28 is a literary and cultural magazine, published in Arabic, that addresses different levels of culture, and is managed and edited by a group of young Palestinian writers, from Gaza and abroad.

The number 28 refers to the number of letters in the Arabic language, and through this title the magazine aspires to form a cultural base that participates in the knowledge-building of young writers and creators, and sponsors their creative projects. 

The platform also offers 28 opportunities for creators; Young artists and writers to present their creative products and interact with their Palestinian and Arab society, through the issues of the printed and/or electronic magazine, and a series of events that include literary evenings, panel discussions, art exhibitions, concerts and art, and film screenings, organized by the work team, in cooperation with community institutions Domestic and international civil. 

Hanadi Sufyan AbuHarbid

SolarFood

Solar Food Project for Dry Healthy food Using Hybrid solar heat pump dryer technology which is an energy-saving high efficiency system combined between two sources based on providing dried food with less time & low energy consumption, a complete healthy way for preserve food, dried food(fruit, vegetables and herbs) free from any additives or chemicals.

Ahmad Al Hajin

Kindy

At Kindy Agricultural Technology Company, we work on converting agricultural and animal waste to compost and planting white mushrooms. The entire process of this takes place locally in Gaza without importing any components from abroad. We produce everything locally baucase the occupation imposes many restrictions on mushrooms plantation in Palestine. 

Ayah Dijani

Al Mostakshef

There are 160 million kids in the MENA regions, over 50% of them don’t have regular accessibility to rehabilitation and healthcare systems.

Al Mostakshef proposes an online platform to assess the skills of children and generates a customized rehabilitation plan to fit their needs. Our platform can help provide affordable solutions to millions of families currently without help, and dealing with a dangerous global pandemic.

Salah El Sadi

Blue Filter

Blue Filter is a chemical-free, environmentally-friendly project developed to purify underground water from nitrates and salts. Blue Filter presents a simple and affordable solution to sanitize water and make it healthier through the use of green technology that is free from any chemical additives or waste of electrical energy.

Sondos Mleitat & Majd Manadre

Hakini

Hakini, (“tell me”, in Arabic), is an online Arabic therapy platform that uses guidance for self-help intervention, teletherapy and AI to increase accessibility to mental health care in the Arab world. Hakini’s website and mobile application remotely connect users to therapists providing confidential care. Hakini’s platform guides users to self-help interventions and evidence-based exercises.

Yousef Khatib

MnjM

The first in Palestine for the collection and sorting of Solid -Waste from houses, campiness and organizations and replace them with basic products to encourage people to participate in recycling.

MnjM focuses on raising awareness through application, quick service and modern technology. The next phase of the project is to develop the first e-shop for recycled materials.

Safaa Ayyad

Foras

Foras.ps is an online platform that provides Palestinians with all available local or international opportunities (Trainings, internships, voluntary work, jobs, freelance jobs, workshops, grants, funds, calls for proposals, and scholarships). Foras’s target audience is young Palestinians who seek unique opportunities. Foras’s goal is to be the number one destination for Palestinian youth to find what they are looking for.

Lina Zahayka

Greeners

Greeners reverses the way that fertilizers are produced. Instead of producing massive amounts of CO2 while making fertilizers, Greeners adsorbs the harmful CO2 emissions and uses them to make 10 different kinds of liquid fertilizers that have different nutritional characters for the plants to mimic air pollution while feeding the increasing numbers of people.

Greener’s target farmers and home growers are not only located in Palestine but it also spreads to include many markets in the Middle East and Africa. Such markets choose Greeners’ products because it’s more suitable for their soil, climate, and budget.

Greeners is characterized by its low cost and high effectiveness. Their pilot proved their ability as a startup to lead a big business in the future.

Hiba Awaysa

Sawaed19

Sawaed19 brings all key players in the volunteerism ecosystem in one space, providing them with valuable services, starting with structured volunteering community where they can create profiles, network, and access all volunteering initiatives, implementing smart matching (where right volunteers are just in the right place), having direct communication channel between stakeholders through chatting service, and managing the initiatives through Volunteering Management System

Fekri Mohammed

Homely Care

Homely Care supports underserved or impoverished healthcare seekers who are unable to reach healthcare services easily.

Ameen AbuDiak

Jusoor

Jusoor is an EdTech Startup that offers interactive simulation, virtual labs for students and educational institutions; Especially in STEM subjects. Jusoor platform also helps schools and universities who have lack of access to physical labs due to many reasons, such as costs of labs and experiments, pandemic and lockdowns, risks or experiments, available spaces…etc.

Abdalrahman Ahmed

Tebfact

Tebfact is an online medical platform that enables patients to connect with their desired doctors from their mobile phones in order to have real-time consultations by text, voice, or video chat. Tebfact is the next-generation company in the Arab world offering scheduled telemedicine visits with board licensed and certified physicians among various specialties. Tebfact’s platform helps clients to meet healthcare providers within 5 minutes at any time of the day. In addition, the application allows doctors to prescribe medicine and order lab tests to treat a wide range of acute and chronic diseases, this provides our clients fast, easy, and affordable access to the best doctors.

Baker Bozeyeh

Flowless

Flowless integrates emerging technology, innovative financing, and social responsibility to support farmers & water utilities in enhancing water efficiency. Flowless system utilizes IoT and AI technologies to optimize operations and automate processes in water networks. It starts with collecting real-time data from the field, then analyzes it and provides robust tools for automated leak detection and process optimization, ultimately contributing to cutting water losses and enhancing water supply.