'Emotions run high' in Easter Metropolis - 12 Apr 09

Thousands of people from around the world travel to the Holy Land to celebrate Easter Sunday every year. For some, the combination of being in Jerusalem, the atmosphere and the emotion becomes overwhelming. Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland explains how their visit turns into a mysterious affliction, symptoms which psychiatrists call 'the Jerusalem syndrome'.

AlJazeera | April 12, 2009

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