Category Archives: PIDE (Policy, International Development & Economics)
Social Entrepreneurship Changes Donor & Development Cultures on @HuffPostImpact
April 14th ~ Don’t forget to sign up for our April “Mind Your Body, Mind Your Stress” Workshop in Washington, DC. Traditional aid is no longer helpful, as once believed, for two big reasons. Aside from the necessity of emergency … Continue reading
Breaking Pita-Bread Over Business & Investment
We are pleased to reshare a piece written by Afshin Molavi, Director at Oxford Analytica on the Islamic Banking, a continuously growing sector in the Gulf countries and beyond. His piece for The Majalla also cites one of PITAPOLICY’s articles … Continue reading
Syria: Chemical Weapons is Old News, #whatNext?
On Wednesday, March 20th at 9pm EST, PITAPOLICY Founder, Mehrunisa Qayyum appeared on Huffington Post Live to participate in the segment: “March to War in Syria”. This was her second appearance on the show. The challenge was to reframe the … Continue reading
E-Diplomacy & #Twiplomacy: Where Are the MENA Countries on this?
Last night, PITAPOLICY Consulting & Blog was invited to attend an event that shares best practices on public diplomacy over social media, or E-Diplomacy. So, PITA’s founder, Mehrunisa Qayyum, gladly attended–and tweeted 🙂 For those focusing specifically on Twitter, the … Continue reading
Iraqi Women’s Rights: Perspective from an Arab Civil Society Group
We are pleased to have received this article from our latest Pitapal: Raya Abu Gulal. After tweeting back and forth regarding Iraq’s underground prostitution market, we wanted to revisit the larger issue of Iraqi women in the civic and political … Continue reading
How Does Chartering a Grand Strategy for Lebanon’s Military Factor in Accountability?
On Wednesday, February 20th, PITAPOLICY attended the Aspen Institute’s discussion on Lebanon, entitled, “National Defense: Charting a Grand Strategy?” Lebanon’s military is an institution that poses many questions for U.S. military and political analysts. Aram Nerguizian from the Center for … Continue reading
Egypt: Cleaning House Before the IMF Visits–Again
Do you have that friend that insists on cleaning his or her home BEFORE the cleaning lady arrived? Well, whether it is irrational or not, sometimes countries’ leaders could benefit from some of these Obsessive-Compulsive tendencies 🙂 On that note, … Continue reading
Senate Foreign Relations Hearing Questions #HillaryClinton on Benghazi Attacks
The Senate Foreign Affairs Committee just concluded the first part of the Benghazi hearings today. @PITAPOLICY’s takaways: #hillaryclinton sees red as Senators John McCain and Rand Paul just crossed a #redline by equating confusion of #Libya riots with her misleading … Continue reading
Inauguration 2013: What do Pita-consumers expect from Obama’s 2nd term?
Dear Pita-Consumers, What do you expect from President Obama’s 2nd term for the pita-consuming region? Iran and the US have stepped up their game to almost become “frenemies” during the Iraq invasion of 2003. Now, both have initiated a … Continue reading
Egypt’s Banking Issues as explained by Haitham Essam
Dear Pita-consumers: Egypt’s financial health triggered concern last week as the Egyptian pound further devalued and reached a record five year low. Other Arab countries have taken note: Qatar is considering another aid package to Egypt while depositing additional reserves … Continue reading
