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The Arab Spring: An Organic Political Movement in the Middle East – [Part II]

On October 11th, PITAPOLICY featured Part I of Whitney Vejvoda’s analysis on the political and economic factors that influenced the Arab Spring.  In Part II of this essay, Ms. Vejvoda closely examines MENA Oil Economies & Changes in Labor Structures … Continue reading

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No Matter Who Wins, U.S. Empire Continuing on Course

The U.S. Presidential Debates between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney concluded this week with a debate on foreign policy, which focussed heavily on the U.S. relationship with the Middle East.  What’s the impact of each candidate’s foreign policies … Continue reading

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Islamic Month of Dhul Hijja: Opportunities for Corporate Social Responsibility? #CSR

  Dear Pita-consumers: A few days ago, the Islamic month of Dhul Hijja started for Muslims in the pita-consuming region.  However, PITAPOLICY is struggling to put the events in the region into perspective.  The list of downers is quite frustrating: … Continue reading

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Providing Aid Hurts Recipient Countries’ Local Businesses Too

Do you think the United States should cut off aid to the Middle East? PITAPOLICY Founder Mehrunisa Qayyum explores this issue further, building on her September 25th post Cutting Off Aid to Arab World Hurts U.S. Business, in response to the … Continue reading

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PITAPAL Analysis: Talking About Women in Tech=Good Business Part 2

PITAPAL, Chris Schroeder, has wrapped up both his visit of the Middle East and the series of women in the Arab Startup community.  Check out the last half below as he describes how the diaspora and cultural experience intersect with … Continue reading

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The Arab Spring: An Organic Political Movement in the Middle East – [Part I]

Last week, PITAPOLICY featured an analysis on the relations between Egypt and Iran pre- and post- the Arab Revolution.  This week, we continue highlighting political and economic analysis of the Arab Spring.  This theme was also highlighted in this September 2012 post on the … Continue reading

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@ASE Kicks of Envision Arabia, Followed by Nicolas Fayad #EAS12 Update #media

New York @NYU Campus Kimmel Center~Ahmed Shihab Eldin, Huffington Post Live Producer took the stage to kick off the Envision Arabia Summit – #EAS12 if you’re following!  PITAPOLICY/Mehrunisa Qayyum will try to “live-blog” upon request of Pitapal, Chris Schroeder.  Let’s … Continue reading

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#EAS12=Envision Arabia: Society, Science, #Tech, #Law, #Educ, #Econ #ArabDev, Culture, #HumanRights

This weekend PITAPOLICY attends the 2nd Annual Envision Arabia Summit in New York and will be instructing a Economic Development in the Arab World Workshop.  Envision is organized by the Arab Development Initiative: a group of thirty students and recent … Continue reading

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An Eager Iran & Hesitant Egypt: Relations Before & After the Arab Spring

PITAPOLICY kicks off October with an analysis by Ahmed Morsy’s on the relations between Egypt and Iran pre- and post- the Arab Revolution. This article was first published on Muftah.org An Eager Iran & Hesitant Egypt: Relations Before & After the Arab … Continue reading

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Cutting Off Aid to Arab World Hurts U.S. Business

This month on PITAPOLICY, we zeroed in on the impact of the Arab Spring on MENA country economies and the strategic focus of implementing development organizations in North Africa, including Egypt.  We conclude this month with a contribution from PITAPOLICY Founder Mehrunisa Qayyum, who argues … Continue reading

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