The Stockholm syndrome? You know the one where kidnappers
sympathize with their captors? As epitomized by
Birgitta Lundblad, Elisabeth Oldgren, Kristin
Ehnmark and Sven Safstrom. No, it is the Beirut Syndrome as shown by every
resilient Lebanese who loves Beirut, the city that kicks him to his teeth
daily. But we still thrive and come back wanting more.