Manara

Connecting top Middle East talent to global tech jobs

y-combinatorWinter 2021Edtech 🇺🇸 San Francisco10 people

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Iliana Montauk, Laila Abudahi · 2 co-founders

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About

Manara untaps the human potential in the Arab world and helps global tech companies access high-quality, diverse talent. We identify the top software engineers in the region and offer them a last-mile solution to land their dream jobs: interview preparation and referrals.

2 founders

Iliana Montauk

Founder

Iliana's passion is untapping human potential. She previously bootstrapped the launch of the first startup accelerator in Gaza - literally during a war. While there, she increased women's participation in pipeline activities from 25% to 49% and ran the largest crowdfunding campaign in the Arab region. She has worked as a senior product manager managing talent at the largest talent marketplace in the world (Upwork) and at Google. She speaks 5 languages and is always trying to make better hummus.

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @ilianamontauk

Laila Abudahi

Founder

Engineering Lead at Google

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @laila_abudahi