Category Archives: PIDE (Policy, International Development & Economics)

PIDE=Policy, International Development, & Economics by serving as a forum to discuss the many layers of complexity in the diverse MENA region. By the way, just like the Turkish version of pizza, or “pita”, pide tastes great too.

The Arab Spring: An Organic Political Movement in the Middle East – [Part I]

Last week, PITAPOLICY featured an analysis on the relations between Egypt and Iran pre- and post- the Arab Revolution.  This week, we continue highlighting political and economic analysis of the Arab Spring.  This theme was also highlighted in this September 2012 post on the … Continue reading

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@ASE Kicks of Envision Arabia, Followed by Nicolas Fayad #EAS12 Update #media

New York @NYU Campus Kimmel Center~Ahmed Shihab Eldin, Huffington Post Live Producer took the stage to kick off the Envision Arabia Summit – #EAS12 if you’re following!  PITAPOLICY/Mehrunisa Qayyum will try to “live-blog” upon request of Pitapal, Chris Schroeder.  Let’s … Continue reading

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#EAS12=Envision Arabia: Society, Science, #Tech, #Law, #Educ, #Econ #ArabDev, Culture, #HumanRights

This weekend PITAPOLICY attends the 2nd Annual Envision Arabia Summit in New York and will be instructing a Economic Development in the Arab World Workshop.  Envision is organized by the Arab Development Initiative: a group of thirty students and recent … Continue reading

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Cutting Off Aid to Arab World Hurts U.S. Business

This month on PITAPOLICY, we zeroed in on the impact of the Arab Spring on MENA country economies and the strategic focus of implementing development organizations in North Africa, including Egypt.  We conclude this month with a contribution from PITAPOLICY Founder Mehrunisa Qayyum, who argues … Continue reading

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Reflections on Libya: Reconstructing Beyond Economic Development

Libya Is Not Iraq By: Manal Omar   This is the mantra I started repeating last week. It was the only way I could bear the calls, emails, and posts I was receiving from my Libyan friends. The news didn’t … Continue reading

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Youth Unemployment: Egypt Case Study & Policy Recommendations

This week, PITAPOLICY is sharing PartII of this two-part post by our Assistant Editor Nassrin El-Gosi who zeroes in on existing research and methodology describing the underlying causes of youth unemployment in the MENA region and specifically in Egypt.  In case you … Continue reading

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Collaborating with Community for Commerce: First C-3 Summit a Success

Press Release: PITAPOLICY Consulting & Blog Collaborating with Community for Commerce: First C-3 Summit a Success New York~“Inequality, employment opportunity, and sustainability” sum up the three interdependent global factors that challenge US-Arab trade relations, according to former U.S. President Bill … Continue reading

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Youth Unemployment: What are the Causes?

This week, PITAPOLICY builds on last week’s focus on youth employment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region after speaking with Education for Employment (EFE).  In this two-part post, PITAPOLICY Assistant Editor Nassrin El-Gosi zeroes in on existing … Continue reading

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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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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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