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'The Station' Incubator Provides Coffee, Books and Ideas for Young Minds in Mosul

Published February 17th, 2019 - 07:24 GMT

After defeating ISIS, Iraq is planning to rebuilt the country, so it launched place called "The Station" were youth are able to come and fight unemployment to invent their own start-ups.

At The Station, Iraqis can sip coffee, peruse floor-to-ceiling bookshelves for ideas and grab a seat at the clusters of desks where other stylish Iraqis click away at their laptops.

"We're trying to create a new generation with a different state of mind," according to the executive director Haidar Hamzoz.

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Iraqis sit at "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP

Iraqis sit at "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP

Iraqis are pictured inside "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP

Iraqis are pictured inside "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP

Stuck between an endless waitlist for a government job and a frail private sector, Iraqi entrepreneurs are taking on staggering unemployment by establishing their own start-ups. Zaid AL-OBEIDI / AFP

Stuck between an endless waitlist for a government job and a frail private sector, Iraqi entrepreneurs are taking on staggering unemployment by establishing their own start-ups. Zaid AL-OBEIDI / AFP

The first murmurs of this creative spirit were felt in 2013, but the Islamic State group's sweep across a third of the country the following year put many projects on hold. SABAH ARAR / AFP

The first murmurs of this creative spirit were felt in 2013, but the Islamic State group's sweep across a third of the country the following year put many projects on hold. SABAH ARAR / AFP

Iraqis attend a meeting at "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP

Iraqis attend a meeting at "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP

Iraqi youths work at "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP

Iraqi youths work at "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP

Now, with IS defeated, co-working spaces and incubators are flourishing in a country whose unemployment rate hovers around 10 percent but whose public sector is too bloated to hire. Zaid AL-OBEIDI / AFP

Now, with IS defeated, co-working spaces and incubators are flourishing in a country whose unemployment rate hovers around 10 percent but whose public sector is too bloated to hire. Zaid AL-OBEIDI / AFP

Iraqis attend a conference at "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP

Iraqis attend a conference at "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP

Iraqis attend a meeting at "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP

Iraqis attend a meeting at "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP

Iraqis sit at "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP
Iraqis are pictured inside "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP
Stuck between an endless waitlist for a government job and a frail private sector, Iraqi entrepreneurs are taking on staggering unemployment by establishing their own start-ups. Zaid AL-OBEIDI / AFP
The first murmurs of this creative spirit were felt in 2013, but the Islamic State group's sweep across a third of the country the following year put many projects on hold. SABAH ARAR / AFP
Iraqis attend a meeting at "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP
Iraqi youths work at "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP
Now, with IS defeated, co-working spaces and incubators are flourishing in a country whose unemployment rate hovers around 10 percent but whose public sector is too bloated to hire. Zaid AL-OBEIDI / AFP
Iraqis attend a conference at "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP
Iraqis attend a meeting at "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP
Iraqis sit at "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP
Iraqis sit at "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP
Iraqis are pictured inside "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP
Iraqis are pictured inside "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP
Stuck between an endless waitlist for a government job and a frail private sector, Iraqi entrepreneurs are taking on staggering unemployment by establishing their own start-ups. Zaid AL-OBEIDI / AFP
Stuck between an endless waitlist for a government job and a frail private sector, Iraqi entrepreneurs are taking on staggering unemployment by establishing their own start-ups. Zaid AL-OBEIDI / AFP
The first murmurs of this creative spirit were felt in 2013, but the Islamic State group's sweep across a third of the country the following year put many projects on hold. SABAH ARAR / AFP
The first murmurs of this creative spirit were felt in 2013, but the Islamic State group's sweep across a third of the country the following year put many projects on hold. SABAH ARAR / AFP
Iraqis attend a meeting at "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP
Iraqis attend a meeting at "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP
Iraqi youths work at "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP
Iraqi youths work at "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP
Now, with IS defeated, co-working spaces and incubators are flourishing in a country whose unemployment rate hovers around 10 percent but whose public sector is too bloated to hire. Zaid AL-OBEIDI / AFP
Now, with IS defeated, co-working spaces and incubators are flourishing in a country whose unemployment rate hovers around 10 percent but whose public sector is too bloated to hire. Zaid AL-OBEIDI / AFP
Iraqis attend a conference at "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP
Iraqis attend a conference at "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP
Iraqis attend a meeting at "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP
Iraqis attend a meeting at "The Station", Baghdad's incubator for would-be entrepreneurs, in the Iraqi capital on November 17, 2018. SABAH ARAR / AFP

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