{"id":63947,"date":"2018-08-23T19:30:24","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T23:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?post_type=cu_story&p=63947"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:37:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:37:36","slug":"canadian-aid-palestinian-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/story\/canadian-aid-palestinian-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Canadian aid won\u2019t really help Palestinian entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Majd Mashharawi describes herself and other Palestinian entrepreneurs as \u201cfull of dreams, life, energy and hope<\/a>.\u201d She is determined to improve peoples\u2019 lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canada recently announced that $37 million of a $50 million development aid package will go to supporting Palestinian entrepreneurship<\/a>. Rather than assist people like Majd, however, Canadian aid won\u2019t do much good. The problem is not aid itself. The problem is the way Canada administers aid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Majd is special. She dreams big. Only 25, Majd is a Gaza-educated civil engineer, the CEO of her own firm and has been named one of Fast Company\u2019s most creative people in business in 2018<\/a>. Two of her inventions have received international acclaim. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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