Beirut’s Art Scene common ground for Lebanese, Syrians

The Wall Street Journal

On a recent night in a dimly lit basement of a theater here, the Syrian rock band Pressure Cooker opened for screaming fans, many of whom had been waiting over an hour to watch them play.

The rock band, whose name in Arabic is Tanjaret Daghet, fled civil war and found a music scene that has embraced them, in spite of tensions in other parts of the city over the influx of refugees from the country.

From: The Wall Street Journal Blog
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