Published: 3 December 2019
Last updated: 4 March 2024
IN A GLASS-ENCLOSED conference room, about half a dozen women and men – a few of the men sporting kippot – are settling into their seats and pulling out their laptops. Outside, in the large open area, a woman with a hijab on her head is showing prospective clients around.
At the desks lined up in rows, small business owners and independent high-techies are answering emails, dreaming up algorithms and devising ways to grow their customer base. A few are also sitting at the bar enjoying their midmorning coffee.
From the inside, it looks like any one of dozens of co-working hubs that have sprouted up around Israel in recent years. The address is what sets it apart: This shared work space is smack in the centre of the Arab town of Kafr Qasem, northeast of Tel Aviv.
Inaugurated in February, Klika QasemHub is the first government-funded co-working facility to open in an Israeli Arab city or town. No less remarkable is the fact that many of the people renting space here are Jewish.
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Photo: Jewish-Arab work-sharing hub in Kfar Qasem, November 28, 2019
