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Small Business Tips to Fight Holiday Stress
November 24th, 2012 marked Small Business Saturday in the United States. Shoppers were encouraged to shop at small businesses for this day. PITAPOLICY Consulting Founder Mehrunisa Qayyum identified a four tips that small business owners like herself can follow to deal … Continue reading
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US Elections: PITAPOLICY Promotes #MuslimVote #YallaChange
Greetings Pita-consumers! PITAPOLICY Consulting & Blog, as well as its Founder, Mehrunisa Qayyum are proud to endorse President Obama for a variety of political economy reasons. Also, business leaders have endorsed Obama: Warren Buffet; James Sinegal, Costco Fndr; Eric Schmidt, … Continue reading
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The Arab Spring: An Organic Political Movement in the Middle East – [Part II]
On October 11th, PITAPOLICY featured Part I of Whitney Vejvoda’s analysis on the political and economic factors that influenced the Arab Spring. In Part II of this essay, Ms. Vejvoda closely examines MENA Oil Economies & Changes in Labor Structures … Continue reading
The Arab Spring: An Organic Political Movement in the Middle East – [Part I]
Last week, PITAPOLICY featured an analysis on the relations between Egypt and Iran pre- and post- the Arab Revolution. This week, we continue highlighting political and economic analysis of the Arab Spring. This theme was also highlighted in this September 2012 post on the … Continue reading
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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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
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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Breaking Pita-Bread: Virtual Dinner Project
This week’s pita-consumer & PITAPOLICY Contributor, Eric Maddox, is the Founder and Director of the Virtual Dinner Project. Next month, Eric will share part II! Virtually Speaking; Really Eating. Part I of II By: Eric Maddox Look in your fridge … Continue reading
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