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posted by martyb on Friday April 20 2018, @02:59AM   Printer-friendly
from the getting-a-foot-in-the-door dept.

Google launches digital skills training for Arabic speakers

As part of Google's focus on supporting digital literacy and STEM advocacy, the company has launched Maharat min Google ("Building Capabilities with Google"). This program is aimed at helping women and young people in the Arabic-speaking world "get ready for future job opportunities, advance their careers, or grow their businesses." The examples Google cites are training for social media, video, online marketing and e-commerce.

[...] It will consist of free courses, tools and in-person training to job seekers, educators, students and businesses. The organization is also partnering with INJAZ Al-Arab, with a $1 million grant to help the non-profit continue its work in helping students (especially women) with hands-on training for digital skills. What's more, Google is working with the MiSK foundation to provide training for 100,000 people in Saudi Arabia (50,000 of which will be women).


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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday April 20 2018, @03:03AM (1 child)

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Friday April 20 2018, @03:03AM (#669474) Homepage

    Let the haraam homosexual infidels be beheaded.

    But being serious here, I met a woman from Saudi Arabia in school. She was studying engineering, and she told me that as soon as she finishes school she wants to go back to Saudi Arabia and be a man's wife. Which means she'll be juice-sisters with up to three other women while being a slave to her household. Damn shame, too, because she was good lookin'.

    • (Score: 3, Informative) by Reziac on Saturday April 21 2018, @06:22AM

      by Reziac (2489) on Saturday April 21 2018, @06:22AM (#669979) Homepage

      Also being serious: per what I've read, the objective in gaining a degree is to make a better marriage; in Arab culture, the degree is a status symbol.

      --
      And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @03:04AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @03:04AM (#669475)

    Sometimes I try to do things
    And it just doesn't work out the way I want it to.
    It's like, I try hard to do it
    And I get real frustrated.
    And I take my time
    But it just doesn't work out the way I want it to.
    It's like I concentrate on it real hard,
    But it just doesn't work out.
    And everything I do and everything I try,
    It never turns out!
    It's like, I need time to figure these things out.
    There's always someone there going,
    "Hey Mike, you know,
    We've been noticing you've been having a lot of problems lately, you
    Know.
    You should maybe get away,
    You'd feel a lot better. "
    And like, maybe you should talk about it,
    Just leave me alone, I'll figure it out you know.
    I go, "No, it's okay you know, I'll figure it out.
    And they go, "Well, you know, if you wanna talk about it,
    I'm just working on myself. "
    I'll be here ya know,
    And you'll probably feel a lot better if ya talked about it,
    So why don'tcha talk about it?! "
    I go, "No! I don't want to I'm okay! I'll figure it out myself!"
    But they just keep buggin' me,
    They just keep buggin' me
    And it builds up inside!

    So you're gonna be institutionalized
    You won't have any say
    You'll come out brainwashed with bloodshot eyes
    They'll brainwash you until you see their way

    I'm not crazy - Institution
    You're the one who's crazy - Institution
    You're driving me crazy - Institution

    They stuck me in an institution
    Said it was the only solution
    To protect me from the enemy, myself
    To give me the needed professional help
    Uh - I was in my room

    But then again I was thinking about nothing.
    And I was just like staring at the wall thinking 'bout everything
    And then my Mom came in,
    And I didn't even know she was there.
    She called my name
    But I didn't hear her.
    Then she started screaming, "Mike, Mike!"
    And I go, "What? What's the matter?"
    She goes, "What's the matter with you?!"
    I go, "There's nothin' wrong Mom."
    She goes, "Don't tell me that, you're on drugs!"
    I go, "No Mom, I'm not on drugs.
    Why don't ya give me a Pepsi? "
    I'm okay, I'm just thinking, you know.
    I go, "Mom, I'm okay, I'm just thinking."
    She goes, "No, you're on drugs!"
    Normal people don't act in that way! "
    She goes, "No, you're not thinking, you're on drugs!
    All I want is a Pepsi. "
    I go, "Mom, just give me a Pepsi please,
    Just one Pepsi!
    And she wouldn't give it to me!
    And she wouldn't give it to me!
    All I wanted was a Pepsi!
    Just a Pepsi!

    They give you a white shirt with long sleeves
    Tied around your back, you're treated like thieves
    Drug you up because they're lazy
    It's too much work to help a crazy

    I'm not crazy - Institution
    You're the one who's crazy - Institution
    You're driving me crazy - Institution

    They stuck me in an institution
    To give me the needed professional help
    Said it was the only solution
    To protect me from the enemy, myself

    I was sitting in my room.
    My Mom and my Dad came in.
    So they pull up a chair and they sat down.
    They go, "Mike, we need to talk to you."
    And I go, "Okay, what's the matter?"
    They go, "Me and your Mom,
    We've been noticing lately you've been having a lot of problems,
    And you've been going off for no reason.
    And we're afraid you're gonna hurt somebody,
    We're afraid you're gonna hurt yourself.
    So we decided that it would be in your best interest
    If we put you somewhere
    Where you could get the help that you need. "
    And I go, "Wait! What are ya talking about?!
    We decided?!
    My best interest?!
    How can you say what my best interest is!
    And what are ya trying ta say, I'm crazy?!
    How do you know what my best interest is!
    When I went to your schools!
    I went to your churches!
    I went to your institutional learning facilities!
    So how can ya say I'm crazy?!

    They say they're gonna fix my brain
    But by the time they fix my head
    Alleviate my suffering and my pain
    Mentally, I'll be dead

    Chorus (two verses):
    I'm not crazy - Institution
    You're the one who's crazy - Institution
    You're driving me crazy - Institution

    They stuck me in an institution
    Said it was the only solution
    To give me the needed professional help
    To protect me from the enemy, myself

    ... Doesn't matter I'll probably get hit by a car anyway

  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @03:06AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @03:06AM (#669477)

    That's what this is.

    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @03:09AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @03:09AM (#669478)

      Arabic. Language. Services.

      • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday April 20 2018, @03:13AM

        by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Friday April 20 2018, @03:13AM (#669480) Homepage

        More specifically, despite my comment above, Saudi Arabia now westernizing attitudes and laws regarding women, and the huge unexploited demographic for marketing that will closely follow.

    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @04:20AM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @04:20AM (#669503)

      Why discriminate against me?

      Well, I'll do my best to discriminate against Google. I switched to duckduckgo for searches. Ditching the email is, sadly, much harder.

      It seems that hating straight middle-aged American white males is all the rage these days. Oh hey, you know what else? Shit like that makes me respond in kind. If people are going to discriminate against people like me, then I'm going to favor people like me. Yep, I do that, and it started after I got discriminated against.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @10:21PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @10:21PM (#669827)

        A MRA man-child wailed:

        Why discriminate against me?

        I think you can relax. Just because they are trying to do something nice for someone else doesn't mean they hate you. Your mom (probably) still loves you too. Go ahead and take a chill pill.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 21 2018, @04:45AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 21 2018, @04:45AM (#669960)

          Yeah, there's something wrong with GP. Women are frivolous and impotent, so it's nothing to worry about. Google is free to waste their time however they choose.

  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @03:14AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @03:14AM (#669481)

    > This program is aimed at helping women and young people

    So women are not people?

    Is that really the message?

    • (Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @03:34AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @03:34AM (#669485)

      Wow, you're really determined to find problems where there are none, eh? I fail to see a "XOR" in that sentence.

      > This program is aimed at helping old women xor young people

      Better?

    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @04:42AM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @04:42AM (#669512)

      Not really, they're more like a sink for money and resources that never quite contribute back as much as they take. They're tolerated parasites because they're the only place that we have to keep our fetuses. If we could invent an adequate incubator, we probably wouldn't tolerate the nonsense.

      • (Score: 2, Insightful) by khallow on Friday April 20 2018, @05:12AM (2 children)

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday April 20 2018, @05:12AM (#669525) Journal
        Welcome to conflict of interest. And if they had a sperm generator, they wouldn't need you either.
        • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @06:10AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @06:10AM (#669535)

          When the sperm generator stops working, who will they call to come fix it?

        • (Score: 2) by krishnoid on Friday April 20 2018, @07:44AM

          by krishnoid (1156) on Friday April 20 2018, @07:44AM (#669552)

          Probably don't even need that [depauw.edu].

  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @04:13AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @04:13AM (#669500)

    Are women people? They seem to be a distinct group from young people.

    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday April 20 2018, @05:57AM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday April 20 2018, @05:57AM (#669534) Journal

      Is an old woman in the set of young people?

      --
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
  • (Score: 1) by schusselig on Friday April 20 2018, @02:04PM (1 child)

    by schusselig (6771) on Friday April 20 2018, @02:04PM (#669646)

    ... STEM advocacy, ... training for social media, video, online marketing and e-commerce.

    rofl. I thought STEM was an acronym for "Science, Technology, Engineering and Math".

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