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Is the Popular Campaign to Drop Egypt’s Debt Right to Contest the IMF Loan?
PITAPOLICY has noted the debate involving the “Popular Campaign to Drop Egypt’s Debt”, which is actively contesting the IMF’s $3.2 billion dollar loan to Egypt scheduled to finalize by end of of Sunday. PITA-consumers: what are your thoughts? On a … Continue reading
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Winner of ArabNet Digital Summit & Other PITAPOLICY Observations
“Internet has democratized the concept of content and distribution.” ~Omar Christidis, Founder of the ArabNet Digital Summit On Tuesday, March 27 2012, ArabNet Digital Summit convened over 200 MENA professionals to kick off the first of the Developer Days. Before … Continue reading
How packed was Busboys and Poets for Syria-Egypt Dialogue?
By: Mehrunisa Qayyum Media focus on the heterogenous aspects of Syrian society, “Alawi minority versus the Sunni majority…BUT it’s not 10% vs. 90%, which is a silly game,” stated Dr. Bassam Haddad, an academic writer of the Syria’s contemporary politics. … Continue reading
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Morocco: Moroccans Keep Rockin’ Your Rights
Every Wednesday in February PITAPOLICY will review a political economy issue regarding a Maghreb country. In the first week Sarah Hassaine reflected on Algeria. The second week focused on Egypt. Last week’s posting explores Tunisia’s business environment for women. This … Continue reading
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HDI, Gender Gap Index, Gender Parity Index: None incorporate Iraqi women’s conflict management efforts
The answer is ‘False’. By 1979, Iraq represented the most educated population in the ‘pita-consuming’ region. According to a study by , the illiteracy rate among Iraqi women dropped from 91 percent in 1957 to an astounding 12 percent in … Continue reading
Transparency in Egypt: Constitutions & NGOs
Note: The following story and interview of Dr. Samer Shehata are from Al Jazeera English, and reposted here for this week’s poll: Egypt’s constitution. The Blogpost is reposted from EgyptSource, managed by the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Harriri Center. EgyptSource, a … Continue reading
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GCC: In Arab World, Money Offers Alternative to Reform
Source: MSNBC by Tarek El-Tablawy of Associated Press “The Arab Spring hasn’t come cheap…Money “exacerbates the problem, because you’re creating an even wealthier society with higher expectations,” said Gala Riani, Mideast analyst with IHS Global Insight, referring to Saudi Arabia’s … Continue reading
Brazil: Arab Immigration Yields Cultural and Economic Gains-Huh?
by Andre Carletto As a kid growing up in Brazil during the 1970s, there was no Middle East. No, that is not completely true. As a matter of fact, when some place was rather far away, Brazilians used to say … Continue reading
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Lebanon After the Indictments–the Arab World’s Next Crisis
By George Salem July 2, 2011</em Question & Answer Some people check out online universities in the search for dialogues with one another to fully understand these issues. We need to understand the underlying causes of the issues in order … Continue reading
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Public Space Challenges Survey: Part II
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