Author Archives: Mehrunisa
World Bank & IMF 2014 Spring Meeting: MENA Region Focus
For the third year, PITAPOLICY attempted to cover The Annual World Bank & IMF meetings finished on Sunday, which started off with the MENA economic outlook. Throughout the week, government and civil society organizations representatives revisited the Arab Youth inclusion … Continue reading
Beyond the Arab Spring: U.S. Engagement in a Changing Middle East @WilsonCenterMEP
PITAPOLICY is live-blogging ast in the series, of U.S. Engagement in a Changing Middle East from the Wilson Center. The panelists consider how a range of domestic and regional changes in the Middle East have generated new challenges for U.S. … Continue reading
The Syria crisis is “not a game of chess, but of billiards because the players are constantly changing” and their interplay is both “horizontal” and “dynamic”, said former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright at a Syria relief & development panel … Continue reading
Global Donors Forum (April 13-16): PITAPOLICY EXCITED to Attend
Greetings Pita-consumers! The biennial Global Donors Forum is coming to Washington, DC this year at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center. PITAPOLICY is excited to be invited to participate! From April 13-16, the World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists convene … Continue reading
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
