there are many factors to h help lebanoto be like that. first, the banking system. we havave the most famous and important big bankining sysm andd we had this award in 08 during the crisis, our banking system was the safest t one. and we have an award about that. and welso h have $120 billion -- in these -- invested in these banks because it is safe.. around two times the gdp. >> what i was in beruit consumer cononfidence is alive and well. even irecession -- growth the followining year was.2% in beruit. something i just learned whenn i vited you -- i did not know how much the u.s. leads other exporter as exported to lebabanon. the last stisticscs shows we are more than twice the sisize of your next largest, china. but the gap is closing at american exporterso not move toto continue to take advantage of the market. >> yes, our market i very --e have many opportunities. yes, we have thehe problems of syria and the problems s of the tourism, which is ththe main issue for r the lebanese. they benefit from tourirism. but at the same time, we benefit also from the bankin