Category Archives: Analysis
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
BDS Movement: Cross Talk Interview with Omar Baddar
PITAPOLICY is proud that one of its Guest Contributors, Omar Baddar, was interviewed regarding the Boycotts, Divestments, and Sanctions Movement. What goals has the BDS movement achieved so far? Does it aim for a constructive solution to the conflict? How … Continue reading
Please Retweet: We come in #Peace! #Listening #Seriously
PITAPOLICY is attending the 2012 Spring World Bank & IMF meetings and is grateful for being asked to participate in the Arab American Institute’s Emerging Leaders Training Day, April 19th–more on that in a future post. Observations of the IMF … Continue reading
Media on MENA Part 2: Media Freedom
#NAAPMM and Other PITA-Consuming Comments By: Mehrunisa Qayyum Media freedom varies across the pita-consuming region due to a) political culture (thanks Dr. Samer Shehata for providing great background on this subject during my Georgetown days); b) role of NGOs, c) … Continue reading
End of Pluralism: Where Does Syria Stand?
Today from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EST, PITAPOLICY Consulting will be livetweeting from the US House of Representatives to cover the Arab American Institute’s briefing: “The End of Pluralism: Religion & Conflict in the Middle East”. Pita-consumers are invited … Continue reading
World trade: Redrawing the map
PITAPOLICY has concluded March with a technology review of the Arab Net Summit. During the entire month, we reviewed 1) where innovation is most prominent in the MENA region; 2) how women are somewhat represented in Science, Technology, Engineering & … Continue reading
Business in Beirut
PITAPOLICY has gained a new appreciation for technology–not simply because of attending the Annual ArabNet Summit. Although the Lebanese War lasted until 2006, Lebanon’s capital has drastically undertaken measures to boost its economy–notwithstanding the significant re-investment of the Lebanese Diaspora … Continue reading
