Tag Archives: algeria
Reducing Freedom Through #AutocraSisi #BloggerFlogger #OilSpoils … and torture
Freedom includes many things: freedom from autocracy and/or flogging. (The autocratic practices in Egypt, by, say, President Sisi, is what prompted us to coin the term “autocrasisi”. We are also a bit worried about the “blogger flogger” phenomena in Saudi … Continue reading
Smart Cities in North Africa #ISSC2014
Are smart cities the next phase of urban development, and thereby, the collective hopes for improving living standards across the pita-consuming region? On June 9th and 10th, PITAPOLICY attended the first annual summit on smart cities review of North Africa, … Continue reading
Western Sahara: Resolution Between Three, Not Two Parties
PITAPOLICY is excited that its founder, Mehrunisa Qayyum, contributed her first piece to the Atlantic Council’s MENASource Blog. The Atlantic Council is a Washington, DC based think tank that houses the Rafik Hariri Center focusing on the Middle East & … Continue reading
Live-Blogging MENA Women in the Reformist Process: A Retrospective @TheWilsonCenter
MENA Women in the Reformist Process: A Retrospective @TheWilsonCenter Right after the largest religious holiday in Saudi Arabia, a Blogger was detained in Saudi Arabia for defying the female driving ban. Note, if we want women to be heads … Continue reading
She Entrepreneurs Programme Wants Females from MENA
Greetings Pita-consumers! Do you know of a rising female entrepreneur? The She Entrepreneurs 2014 is now open for applications! Founded in 2011 to harness the talent of the MENA region’s precious resource, its youth, “She Entrepreneurs” is operated by the … Continue reading
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Getting a Job: Is University Education Enough?
As college graduates, we expect to get a job to which we can apply our educational background. For most recent college graduates in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, this is not the case. In some Arab countries, … Continue reading
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Algeria & the Arab Spring: Why it is not next?
By: Sarah Hassaine Tweet her @SHassaine Note: PITAPOLICY is proud to kick-off February with a post on Algeria, which has not been covered in the media regarding the Arab Awakening. In fact, every Wednesday in February, PITAPOLICY will focus on … Continue reading
The Politics of Faith
By Younes Abouyoub From the 5th to 7th of June 2011, a seventh round of negotiations started between Morocco and the Polisario Front in Manhasset, a suburb of New York. These talks are held at the invitation of the UN … Continue reading
Europe & the Arab Spring: EU Policy for the Mediterranean Arab States (Part 2 of 3)
By Alec Simantov Part 2~ Abstract: In light of the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions in 2011 and the spread of the ‘Arab Spring’ across the Middle East, the European Commission and the European Parliament have fundamentally called into question the … Continue reading
Europe & the Arab Spring: EU Policy for Mediterranean Arab States (Part 1 of 3)
By Alec Simantov Part 1~ I. ‘Southern Neighborhood’ The self-immolation of Mohammed Bouazizi in Tunisia on December 17th 2010, sparked popular protests that eventually led to the ouster of the Tunisian dictator Zine el-Abedine Ben-Ali on January 14th, 2011. (Source: … Continue reading
