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A photo of a crowd inside The Grand Factory

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New podcast series explores Beirut and Salvador's underground scenes: Listen

The 30-minute long investigative audio documentaries are available to listen to via BBC Sounds

The BBC has aired two documentary-based podcasts exploring the underground music and party scenes of Beirut in Lebanon and Salvador in Brazil. Part of BBC...

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The return of Beirut's The Grand Factory

Beirut club The Grand Factory was created as more than just a place to dance. It was a community hub, a platform for positive change and a launchpad for protest — but then disaster struck. Ben Hindle talks to club founder Jade about how the club came to be, what it stood for — and how it is bouncing back

Beirut is a city with a rich history, but it has often been a troubled one. Since the mid-1970s alone, Lebanon has endured a bloody...

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Sama' Abdulhadi launches RESILIENCE platform with free fundraising club events in Beirut

"Resilience is about finding the strength within ourselves to keep going”

Sama' Abdulhadi is launching a new underground music platform, RESILIENCE, with two free-to-attend fundraising parties taking place in Beirut later this month. Following the Palestinian...

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Sama’ Abdulhadi announces fundraising club event series for Lebanon

Sama' Abdulhadi has announced a new club event series, 'Bring Back Beirut', raising money for Lebanon as the country grapples with one of the world's...

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New compilation, ‘The Sacred Rage’, to raise funds for Beirut relief initiatives following devastating explosion

Donato Dozzy, Rashad Becker, The Bug and more contribute to the compilation on Rabih Beaini’s Morphine Records

Berlin-based Lebanese artist, curator and Morphine Records’ boss Rabih Beaini has released a new compilation in aid of charity initiatives in Beirut responding to last...

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Magda, Jimpster, Cassegrain, more locked for Beirut's B018 spring series

Behrouz, Guti, Cuartero, Bill Patrick and SIS are also lined up...

Magda, Jimpster, Cassegrain and more locked-in for Beirut's B018 spring series

The iconic Lebanese venue boasts more than 20 years of history, and its roots...

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Beirut nightclub The Gärten shut down by government officials after DJ plays Quran verses

The club has released an official response and apology...

Beirut nightclub The Gärten was recently shut down by government officials after a DJ played Quran verses during a set.

The venue was ordered...