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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.

August 1st @ArabEmpowerment Initiative to Host Iftar: Nadereh Chamlou, Guest Speaker

July is all about development in the pita-consuming region.  PITAPOLICY announced that it will be ATTENDING the first C3 Summit as a Blogger.   From September 13th to the 14th, the C3Summitt  will convene 11 panels on Arab Business and Development … Continue reading

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New York’s C3 Summit: U.S.-Arab Forum for Business Development

New York – Since July is all about development in the pita-consuming region, PITAPOLICY is proud to announce that it will be ATTENDING the first C3 Summit as a Blogger.   From September 13th to the 14th, the C3Summitt  will convene … Continue reading

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Voice of the Voiceless – Perspective of a Social Justice Activist & Arab American

July is all about development in the pita-consuming region. Below is the acceptance speech by Andy “Anas” Shallal, both a business and social entrepreneur who has facilitated talent development opportunities among many in the Middle Eastern American and Muslim Americans … Continue reading

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Development Aid to Palestine: Is it a tool, or does it make someone a tool?

July is all about development in the pita-consuming region. Please send your submissions to Nadia at info@pitapolicyconsulting.com.  First Post: Tech Crunch published “The Arab World Has Tech Talent To Sustain It Beyond The Clones” by Mehrunisa Qayyum, founder of PITAPOLICY and … Continue reading

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AAIUSA Discusses Law Enforcement Similar to LDC Secret Policing Operations

“Operating more like a third world country’s secret police, they broke trust with the very citizens that they are duty bound to protect.” ~James Zogby Arab American Institute Video on the New York Police Department Spying Operation AAIUSA Director James … Continue reading

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Prospects for Development: An Exercise in Patience

July is all about development in the pita-consuming region. Please send your submissions to Nadia at info@pitapolicyconsulting.com.  This week’s post goes into a different aspect of development–sort of the “Part 2 of Prospects for Development…” but on a more “individual … Continue reading

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Prospects for Development After Elections

July is all about development in the pita-consuming region.  Please send your submissions to Nadia at info@pitapolicyconsulting.com.  First Post: Tech Crunch published “The Arab World Has Tech Talent To Sustain It Beyond The Clones” by Mehrunisa Qayyum, founder of PITAPOLICY and … Continue reading

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#MENAsocent: First DC-MENA Tweetup=#Success

Press Release PITAPOLICY Launched First DC-MENA Tweetup Washington, DC~Happy Birthday USA!  Speaking of pride and independence: on Thursday, June 28th, PITAPOLICY Consulting & the Arab American Institute co-hosted the first Middle East & North Africa region tweetup in Washington, DC.    … Continue reading

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July Is All About Development

Dear Pita-Consumers: The month of July is all about development in the pita-consuming region.  Please send your submissions to Nadia at info@pitapolicyconsulting.com.  To kick off the discussion of development, PITAPOLICY is revisiting the Technology theme from March in today’s posting. … Continue reading

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Focus on Electoral Politics & Elections – Part V

Eric Maddox introduced us to his Virtual Dinner Project with his first contribution to PITAPOLICY in May.  He recently traveled to Egypt to continue his work in the bustling city of Cairo and was enthralled by the energy fueling the … Continue reading

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