Category Archives: Interests
Focus on Electoral Process & Elections Part 3
The month of June will focus on Electoral Process, Elections, and Election Politics. The Arab Awakening has prompted a series of new elections in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya–as well as the renewed discussion of electoral process in others. Last year … Continue reading
#MENASOCENT: Join DC’s First MENA Tweetup
Greetings Pita-consumers! For those of you in the Washington, DC area, we would like to announce the first MENA Tweetup in the DC area on Thursday, June 28th. The Arab American Institute (AAI) has graciously offered to co-host this event … Continue reading
Media on #MENA: Influence & Freedom
PITAPOLICY is pleased to announce that it will be a regular contributor to the Kabobfest blog. On that note, please see the discussion of Media and Influence below in the ‘pita-consuming’ region since legal, political, and economic factors influence who … Continue reading
Media on MENA: Influence & Freedom in the Pita-consuming Region
PITAPOLICY is pleased to announce that it will be a regular contributor to the Kabobfest blog. On that note, please see the discussion of Media and Influence below in the ‘pita-consuming’ region since legal, political, and economic factors influence who … Continue reading
From the Desk of Dr. Zogby: Egypt’s Elections
Egypt’s Election: “We’ve Never Here Been Before” By: Jim Zogby (Originally posted by Arab American Institute on Monday May 21, 2012) This Egyptian presidential election has all the earmarks of being a “we’ve never been here before” event. Never before … Continue reading
Breaking Pita-Bread: Virtual Dinner Project
This week’s pita-consumer & PITAPOLICY Contributor, Eric Maddox, is the Founder and Director of the Virtual Dinner Project. Next month, Eric will share part II! Virtually Speaking; Really Eating. Part I of II By: Eric Maddox Look in your fridge … Continue reading
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Consumer Choice: Exercise in Local Empowerment
Proponents of globalization argue that a globalized economy provides consumers with more choice–both economically (with more goods and services to choose from) and politically. Economically on a local level because businesses must compete to provide better service and quality of … Continue reading
Cherif Bassiouni: Accountability, Legally Speaking…
PITAPOLICY first met Mr. Cherif Bassiouni, 1999 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, when he concluded his Human Rights Commission Report on the mass graves in Kosovo. Therefore, PITAPOLICY is excited to have its first legally oriented topic on the ‘pita-consuming’ region … Continue reading
ANERA: Human Development Programming in Palestine
PITAPOLICY supports community and human development programming activities and welcomes organizer perspectives who have recently volunteered for an activity. Bassema Youssef, a DC based consultant, organized an event regarding human development programming in Gaza. So this week’s post highlights ANERA’s … Continue reading
World Bank & IMF Annual Spring Meeting: PITAPOLICY Consumes Information & Continues to Digest
2012 marked the first time PITAPOLICY attended the annual World Bank and IMF meeting, held between April 17th through April 22nd, as a Political Economy Blogger–dare I say “the press.” During PITAPOLICY’s public sector days, consuming information began with tracking … Continue reading
