Category Archives: Analysis
Should Tunisia and the US Establish an FTA?
Waging Peace: PeaceGame Exercise Looks at Best Outcome for Syria Source: Washington Report on Middle East Affairs by Mehrunisa Qayyum, March/April 2014 In order to examine what “the best possible peace for Syria” might look like, the U.S. Institute of … Continue reading
Quantity or Quality: The Push for Women’s Representation in Arab Politics
The push for women’s representation in Arab politics draws much attention by both human rights groups and democracy building groups. For example, the National Democratic Institute hosted Members of Parliament from Jordan, Morocco, Libya, and Tunisia to discuss “Women in … Continue reading
Tunisia’s Donor Assistance Glossed Over Sectors Related to Economy
Remember the underlying causes of Tunisia’s revolution for dignity? Remember how the police-security sector represented the discontent and mistreatment than many Tunisians faced? Well, take a look at how many donor assistance projects glossed over these sectors. As shared on … Continue reading
MENA + Social Good Aims to Empower Arab World on Diplomatic Pouch
Note: The original version of this article by Mehrunisa Qayyum appeared on Diplomatic Pouch, produced by The Washington Diplomat (@DiplomatNews). On November 4th, Al Mubadarah (Arab Empowerment Initiative) went global with its purpose: to engage Arab Diaspora on every topic … Continue reading
Live-Blog: “Arab Spring or Arab Autumn: Women’s Political Participation in the Arab Uprisings and Beyond”
PITAPOLICY Summarizes: The Wilson Center Middle East Program was the first in Washington, DC to convene a discussion on women in the Middle East and North Africa region, shared its Program Director, Haleh Esfandiari. The panel debated to what extent … Continue reading
Role of Entrepreneurship in Building a Better Egypt
PITAPOLICY is live-blogging “Role of Entrepreneurship in Egypt” event hosted by the Middle East Institute… (Note the focus on technology entrepreneurship discussion, which is more focused on the Information Communication Technology sector.) In Egypt, innovative enterprise development has taken … Continue reading
Impasse: #US Senate Hearing “#Syria Refugee Crisis” #SyrianRefugees
“Only 31 [Syrian] refugees were allowed into the U.S. in 2013,” said Senator Durbin, who added that none of the Gulf Cooperation Council members have committed to accepting Syrian refugees and that “these countries need to step up as well” … Continue reading
Town of Kafranbel in Syria Is 2nd Wave of Revolution
Note: On January 7th, the U.S. Senate will hold another hearing on the humanitarian crisis in Syria. Senator Durbin, (D-IL) will preside as Syrian activists provide testimony. We are live-blogging and live-tweeting The Coalition for a Democratic Syria (CDS), which … Continue reading
Happy 2014 Pitaconsumers: Wrestling with a form of secularism that doesn’t alienate.
Dear Pitaconsumers, Time to start 2014 with some good news, sandwiched by bad news, wrapped up in more good news. That is definitely not a formula for objective blogging. But, it is tooo easy to note all the worrisome predictions … Continue reading
Does coverage of government corruption overshadow coverage of business corruption in the Middle East & North Africa region?
“The world with all countries resized to their population” Source: Twitter @RichardMclellan Notes: Egypt is 2nd largest populated country in Africa; among largest in MENA region–with Iran, Turkey and Pakistan. Middle East and North Africa: Holding Public and Private Corruption … Continue reading
