A fruitful discussion with Ms. Joumana Haddad about secularism and its importance in re-building our country :
Since the definition of the notion of secularism is quite unclear for a large number of people here in Lebanon, we found it essential to start our debate in an educational way, so Ms. Haddad gave the proper and right definition of the term ‘secularism’, and this was just the foundation that she built thoughts on throughout the entire talk.

In addition to that, being as humble as we expected her to be, she walked us through her personal experience in the 2018 parliamentary elections and that’s when the debate got intense. Some people started doubting the honesty and credibility of the civil society and one of the questions that caught everyone’s attention was: “How can we be sure that the civil society won’t act the same as other political political parties once or if it reaches the authority its aiming for?”

And of course, Ms. Joumana’s answer was in its most righteous place as she replied: “I always answer this question in the same way and tell people that I would rather vote for someone that has a 50% chance of him/her being a good deputy and a fair one as well, than vote for someone and be a hundred percent sure that he/she is not the right person for the position, it’s a risk worth taking. We have all seen the performance of people that have been ruling our country for the last 20 years and I think we can easily sit, judge and say that they aren’t the most perfect representatives of our country”