Lebanon, Pity the Nation That Never Was

PART I: Bloody tribal history meets Western style democracy

Published by The Center for Human Emergence Middle East on July 22, 2021

Disclosure: I was born in Lebanon into a Christian family, but my religious denomination precludes me and tens of thousands like me from holding elected office in the country. This exclusion is not in the country’s constitution. Until such time as when my sect develops its own strong man and proves to be worthy of being called warlords, we will remain on the margins of Lebanon’s political establishment.