The Lebanese Identity Crisis - The oldest crisis of them all

Analysis by Myriam Akiki, Staff Writer

Lebanon turned 100 years old just last September. However, the 1st of September, 1920 only saw the birth of Lebanon as an actual nation-state, in what was then called the State of Greater Lebanon. One century later, it is now the Lebanese Republic: a failed state and the crossroad of more crises than one can count on two hands. The oldest crisis of them all may well be the one we’ve ignored for too long and the reason for all the turmoil that is happening today in the country.