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Global dancefloor: Beirut

In Beirut, the underground music scene tries to survive amid Lebanon’s political and economic crises. Frank McWeeny meets the community behind the Grand Factory.

Frank McWeeny heads to Beirut to meet the nightlife community behind the Grand Factory club, and explores how underground culture here survives even during chronic lack of opportunity. This scene is working tirelessly to remain active, while rebuilding both physically and psychologically. But how do you run a club in a country that is going through the worst economic and political crisis in its history?

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