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A photo of a crowd inside The Grand Factory

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...

A photo of a crowd inside 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...