Author Archives: Mehrunisa
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
REPOST: Iranian #Diaspora Role in Tech Ecosystem
Dear Pitaconsumers~ PITAPOLICY is pleased to join the contributor team at the Vancouver Observer’s online publication World section–especially since one of our pitapals, Massoud Hayoun, is their World Editor! Congrats to you Massoud–we’re pleased to have had the opportunity to … Continue reading
Filed under Technology
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
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
Which event in the Middle East & North Africa region had the biggest impact in 2012?
Dear Pita-consumers: We know that there are many more events that should be mentioned…please feel free to add your thoughts. The only catch is that it must rhyme :)! Our new year’s resolution is to promote political and social satire … Continue reading
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
Strategically Change Tactics — Document Rape as a War Crime
This week on PITAPOLICY, we feature an article by PITAPOLICY Founder Mehrunisa Qayyum on a serious war crime: rape. What is the role of the media and the Arab diaspora in documenting this crime as a “weapon of war”, specially … Continue reading
Filed under Interests, Uncategorized
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
