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Alawite Exclusion in Sect Margins
The Alawite community in Lebanon has faced long-term marginalization that peaked over the past quarter-century, during which a number of Alawite academics have been excluded from key positions in national universities. This threatens their cultural identity and hampers their participation in shaping the country's future. These policies are part of an attempt to culturally and cognitively isolate them, leading to a decline in their presence within intellectual institutions and harming the diversity of the national fabric. Some activists suggest that addressing this phenomenon requires strengthening independent scientific research and free media, as well as correcting the course of university employment practices to allow Alawites to establish their presence and contribute to building a more open Lebanese future.
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