In a time when many Afghan women have limited opportunities to express themselves, I created a platform where my voice can be seen and heard.
A platform of her own
Mahdia Khamoosh joined the 2025 CodeWeekend Web & AI Development Bootcamp as one of 50 participants selected from more than 280 applicants across Afghanistan. She is from Panjshir.
In the first weeks of the program, Mahdia built and launched her own personal website from scratch. In a time when many Afghan women have limited opportunities to express themselves publicly, that website is more than a technical exercise. It is a platform — a place where her voice can be seen and heard.
What the bootcamp taught
The 2025 program was structured to take students from the basics of technology to building real, AI-integrated web applications, ending with a capstone project of each student’s own design, presented at Demo Day.
Mahdia’s journey started with the website she built in her first weeks.
What this means
Every website, every app, every new idea is more than code. It is a step toward a brighter future, showing the strength and imagination of the people who built it.
We’re proud to have had Mahdia in the 2025 cohort, and we can’t wait to see what she builds next.