On 12th May, 2020, Mr Moustafa Al Atat was awarded the Doctorate Degree in Business Administration (DBA) by the Faculty of Business Administration at Beirut Arab University, on successful presentation of his final thesis entitled “Analysis of Factors Affecting Deceptive Consumers of Counterfeited Products in Lebanon”. 

The Defense Examination Committee consisted of his supervisor Prof Sasa Petar (Professor of Global Economics at the University FHS St. Gallen in Switzerland), Prof Nehale Mostafa (Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration at Beirut Arab University), Dr. Abdallah Nassereddine (Associate Prof of Economics at the Faculty of Business Administration at Beirut Arab University), Prof Ali Hejazi (Part-timer in Adnan Kassar School of Business at the Lebanese American University), and Mr. Charbel Abou Hamad (Owner of Abou Hamad Law Firm).