Like Western democracies Lebanon was founded upon two fundamental pillars: " cuius regio eius religio " and the acceptance of the tyranny of the majority. Nevertheless, these principles are currently encountering significant challenges. On the one hand, the rise of multiculturalism poses a challenge to the notion of a single dominant culture, while on the other hand, identity politics threatens to fragment societies as individuals feel entitled to disregard the decisions made by the majority. Neglecting to address these issues could lead to the collapse of Western democracies. Lebanon serves as a poignant and prescient example, underscoring the critical situation that global democracies will soon confront. The Great Eastern Question and the Strange Case of Lebanon acts as a forewarning of the dark clouds looming on the horizon of western democracies. De Gaulle once told Malraux “ I have done what I can, but since we must witness the death of our civilization, let us observe, for it does not happen every day ”. With this book, Boustany seems to be telling us the same thing.