Monthly Archives: August 2012

Socially Responsible Investing – Will an Islamic Finance trend amount to a best practice for the financial world?

PITAPOLICY completes this month’s theme of “Socially Responsible Organizing and Investing” with a joint piece by Mehrunisa Qayyum and Afaf Qayyum reviewing how trends of SRI mirror a growing interest in Islamic Finance. August began with our first post, which was … Continue reading

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Kuwait Notes How American Muslims Organize & Vote

PITAPOLICY is pleased to share two items! WebShow: Last Thursday evening, PITAPOLICY Consulting Founder & Huffington Post Community Member, Mehrunisa Qayyum, appeared in her first Huffington Post Live Show as a guest for “Constitutionally Flawed” – a discussion on Tunisia, … Continue reading

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8/23 at 7:40 PM EST: Huff Post Live To Discuss Constitutions in Arab Spring Nations

Announcement: On Thursday, 8-23-2012, at  4.40PM PST/7.40PM EST, PITAPOLICY Blog Founder, Mehrunisa Qayyum, will be participating as a guest on the new Huff Post Live show’s conversation “Constitutionally Flawed”.  The discussion will be informative and energetic as Huff Post has  … Continue reading

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Ramadan: An Opportunity for SRI via Zakat & Empathy

PITAPOLICY wishes all pita-consumers, whether they observe Ramadan or not, another year of professional and personal success as you decide to invest your time and money into community projects and industries.  Please feel free to reflect along with us in … Continue reading

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Socially Responsible Investment? $1.28 Million Tunnel…for One Family

PITAPOLICY continues with this month’s theme: Socially Responsible Organizing and Investing. Sunday’s post covered the socially responsible organizing efforts in the US: “Is Lobbying Considered Socially Responsible Organizing?”   On a sidenote, our posting from August  5th, “Negotiating with Egypt’s Military … Continue reading

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Socially Responsible Organizing: Does Lobbying Qualify?

PITAPOLICY kicks off August with the theme: Socially Responsible Organizing and Investing. Is Lobbying Considered Socially Responsible Organizing? On July 25th, I participated as my blogger persona, PITAPOLICY, in the Global Voice Hall Live Pangea program.  The topic was Arab … Continue reading

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Socially Responsible Investing: The Arab revolution for economic integrity

PITAPOLICY kicks off August with the theme: Socially Responsible Organizing and Investing.  Last week, our first post was by a new contributor, Zena F. Itani, who attended AIDS Conference Week in Washington, DC.   On Sunday, PITAPOLICY ‘s second post reshared … Continue reading

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Socially Responsible Option? Negotiating with Egypt’s Military Industrial Complex

PITAPOLICY kicks off August with the theme: Socially Responsible Organizing and Investing.  Our first post was by a new contributor, Zena F. Itani, who attended AIDS Conference Week in Washington, DC.   If you would like to add to the discussion, … Continue reading

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AIDS Conference in Washington, DC: AIDS Not a Myth in #MENA Region

PITAPOLICY kicks off August with the theme: Socially Responsible Organizing and Investing.  Our first post is by a new contributor, Zena F. Itani, who attended AIDS Conference Week in Washington, DC.  Itani has a Masters in Public Health and wants … Continue reading

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