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Fatimah Saadi
Research Associate, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
Bio
Dr. Fatimah Saadi is a research associate at the Department of Research and Grants at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies.
A new survey shows that an overwhelming majority of Lebanese citizens are dissatisfied with the country’s confessional political system. Yet the perceived costs and ineffectiveness of mobilizing against it help keep it in place.