Category Archives: Politics

Misperception or Perception: Professional Development for Women Is a Challenge, Period.

Dear Pitaconsumers, Last week I received a few tweets about my article for the Vancouver Observer arguing that there are even stronger candidates for the Top 100 Arab Women of Influence.  (The Top 100 list is compiled by Arabianbusiness.com, which … Continue reading

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Not Should we, but WHEN #MIDEBATESyria. Yesterday.

Dear Pitaconsumers, I just listened to four policy experts, or “Four Anglo-Saxon Men” on Syria at the McCain Institute…and I am almost tempted to complete a PhD in Middle East Studies just so I can write a dissertation on how … Continue reading

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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

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Revolutions Are Not Time-Bound: #Libya

Yesterday’s U.S. Congressional hearings put Libya in the focus regarding security and terrorism.  But there is more to Libyan engagement and post-revolutionary rebuilding apart from Al Qaeda’s terrorist role in the “Arab Awakened” countries. Ambassador Chas Freeman continues to present … Continue reading

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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

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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

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PITAPOLICY ‘s New Year Resolution: Be More Enterprising than Social.

Dear Pita-consumers! We hope you had a wonderful start to the New Year of 2013.  Just because we blog and note the alarming developments in the pita-consuming region, does not mean we need to downplay the professional, institutional, economic, and … Continue reading

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Happy Holidays: Reflecting on the Lands Where Christianity Began…

Dear Pita-Consumers: PITAPOLICY would like to wish you all a happy holidays…and to our Christian Pitapals, a very SAFE merry Christmas. We look forward to hearing your Christmas reflections on the holy lands where Christianity began and other pita-consuming countries … Continue reading

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2nd Round of Egypt’s #Referendum Vote: Interviews by Bessma Momani and Bassem Youssef

Analysis: Interview by an Academic and a Satirist Regards Elections in Egypt CTV News Interview of Dr. Bessma Momani, Professor of Political Economy at Waterloo University & Fulbright Scholar: http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=832630&binId=1.810401 Second round of voting for #Egyptians Egyptian VP #Mekki resigns? … Continue reading

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Egypt’s Constitutional Referendum & Other Election Issues #Egypt

Greetings Pita-Consumers! December 15th marked Egypt’s vote on the Constitutional Referendum.  Before PITAPOLICY posts up any opinions or analysis, we wanted to share a civic education video produced by Qabila Productions.  We just spoke with Perihan Ab0u-Zeid, who co-founded Qabila, … Continue reading

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