Author Archives: Mehrunisa

About Mehrunisa

Mehrunisa Qayyum is the founder of PITAPOLICY Consulting & Blog. PITAPOLICY Blog is listed on Muftah.Org. As @PITAPOLICY she tweets about politics, interests, technology and analysis in the "pita-consuming" region and contributes to the Huffington Post Blog, A Better People, and Triple Pundit. Regarding international affairs and trade issues, she worked at the United States’ Government Accountability Office for four years. Prior to that, she earned her MPP and Certificate in Contemporary Arab Studies from Georgetown University and a BA in both Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations and Public Policy from the University of Chicago. Her recent writing experiences include analytical pieces on civil society, transparency & governance, human rights, political economy of Syria, and social media forums' impact. She enjoys watching the Colbert Report in her free time.

#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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An Eager Iran & Hesitant Egypt: Relations Before & After the Arab Spring

PITAPOLICY kicks off October with an analysis by Ahmed Morsy’s on the relations between Egypt and Iran pre- and post- the Arab Revolution. This article was first published on Muftah.org An Eager Iran & Hesitant Egypt: Relations Before & After the Arab … Continue reading

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PITAPAL Analysis: Talking about Arab Women in Tech=Good Business

Talking about the tech sector might be a niche topic — dare we say treading ‘tech geek’ territory.  Talking about women might be hinting at feminism.  Combining the two topics is just good business.  PITAPOLICY is excited to post the … 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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$60 billion Spent During Iraq & Afghanistan Wars

The other day someone asked PITAPOLICY  to describe one of the challenges political economy addresses.  During an election year, there’s no better example than how political parties try to appeal to small businesses as a voting bloc.  Both the US … Continue reading

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Getting a Job: Is University Education Enough?

As college graduates, we expect to get a job to which we can apply our educational background.  For most recent college graduates in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, this is not the case.  In some Arab countries, … Continue reading

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