To Everyone,

This is a great Idea, I just left Arizona Monday, while I was there, I met
with an old colleague of mine whom works for Intel and currently helps start
up factories and trains all employee in the factories. I will call him
today and see if he knows of this project from the inside scoop, what is on
the agenda, who is in charge, etc. Let me know if anyone has any further
questions. I will keep everyone informed, maybe we can set up a meeting with
Intel and formally introduce ourselves as a leaders in Innovation in The
Middle East. You don't get to many breaks like this, if we don't take
advantage of these efforts, we may never get another chance to interject
ourselves in a Major Effort of this Nature that could put GIFTA on the Map.

Thanks
Eddie Yacoub

----- Original Message -----
From: "zaid" <zaid3k@...>
To: <GIFTA@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 3:53 PM
Subject: RE: [GIFTA] Intel to Open Technology Center in Gaza


> hi tariq,
>
> i am available to help out as well. let me know
> if anything is needed in getting this out of the
> door.
>
> best
> zaid
>
> --- Tariq Al-Muhtasib <tariq_almuhtasib@...>
> wrote:
>
>> Team,
>>
>> First impressions are lasting impressions. I will
>> begin drafting a letter of introduction about GIFTA
>> and congratulation Intel on their efforts. I will
>> not send it out unitl it's reviewed internally.
>>
>> This is exciting but It's important not just to
>> rush into this. We need to have a point of contact
>> who will manage this relationship in a consistent
>> manner.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tariq
>>
>> Jihan Andoni <jandoni@...> wrote:
>> I agree with Zaid. Let us at least introduce gifta
>> and offer our help.
>> Tareq, would you like to do that?
>> Jihan
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: GIFTA@yahoogroups.com
>> [mailto:GIFTA@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of
>> zaid
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:17 AM
>> To: GIFTA@yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: Re: [GIFTA] Intel to Open Technology Center
>> in Gaza
>>
>>
>> if one can contact Chuck Mulloy
>> and ask how gifta can help intel
>> with this effort. i think this
>> will be a huge start.
>>
>> best
>> zaid
>>
>> --- Feras Qumseya <feras@...> wrote:
>>
>> > I think we should. What in your opinion is the
>> > recommended course of action?
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> >
>> > From: zaid <zaid3k@...>
>> > Subj: Re: [GIFTA] Intel to Open Technology Center
>> > in Gaza
>> > Date: Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:47 am
>> > Size: 2K
>> > To: GIFTA@yahoogroups.com
>> >
>> >
>> > hello,
>> >
>> > this is great news. are we doing anything
>> > to get involved with this effort?
>> >
>> > best
>> > zaid
>> >
>> > --- tariq_almuhtasib <tariq_almuhtasib@...>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > >
>> > > FYI...
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060220/ap_on_hi_te/intel_gaza
>> > >
>> > > MESA, Ariz. - Intel, the world's largest
>> > > semiconductor company, is
>> > > planning to build the first information
>> > technology
>> > > education center
>> > > in the volatile Gaza Strip.
>> > >
>> > > The Intel Information Technology Center of
>> > > Excellence is intended to
>> > > provide IT training to Palestinians and
>> stimulate
>> > > development of
>> > > high-tech industry in an area where half the
>> > labor
>> > > force is
>> > > unemployed. The center is being developed in
>> > > conjunction with
>> > > Washington, D.C.-based American Near East
>> Refugee
>> > > Aid and the
>> > > Islamic University of Gaza.
>> > >
>> > > "We don't want to discount the tension in the
>> > area
>> > > ... but from our
>> > > perspective, we view it as something that can
>> > have a
>> > > positive
>> > > impact," said Intel spokesman Chuck Mulloy. "If
>> > you
>> > > talk to the
>> > > leaders of the Palestinian Authority, this is
>> > > exactly the kind
>> > > of thing they want. They want education, they
>> > want
>> > > paths to improve
>> > > the economic well-being of their citizens."
>> > >
>> > > Intel has had a presence in Israel for more
>> than
>> > > three decades,
>> > > but over the past few years has launched an
>> > > initiative to also
>> > > expand its investments in the Arab world.
>> > >
>> > > The center is the company's first large project
>> > in
>> > > the Palestinian
>> > > territories, an area where American corporate
>> > > involvement is rare.
>> > >
>> > > It will be staffed primarily by Palestinians
>> and
>> > > will be located a
>> > > couple of miles outside Gaza City in an area
>> > staked
>> > > out to become a
>> > > technology park with the Intel center as its
>> > anchor,
>> > > said Peter
>> > > Gubser, president of ANERA. Construction is
>> > expected
>> > > to begin in
>> > > about two months, with completion a year later.
>> > >
>> > > The cost to build and equip the center will
>> only
>> > be
>> > > about $1
>> > > million, Gubser said, because a dollar goes a
>> lot
>> > > farther in the
>> > > Middle East.
>> > >
>> > > Though the security situation in Gaza is not
>> > good,
>> > > Gubser believes
>> > > the willingness of Intel to be an American
>> > corporate
>> > > pioneer in the
>> > > Gaza Strip may encourage other American
>> > corporations
>> > > to follow.
>> > --- message truncated ---
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