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In 1970, the Qatar Cinema & Film Distribution Company (QCFDC) was founded, inaugurating Gulf Cinema in 1972 as the country's first cinema. Gulf Cinema featured a seating capacity of 1,000 spectators and was even expanded with an extra 400 seats during its peak. It would later be closed in 2013 to make space for the Doha Metro. The QCFDC was ...
Al Sadd (Arabic: اَلسَّدّ, romanized: As Sadd) is a neighborhood of Doha, the capital city of Qatar.As one of the country's oldest surviving mixed-use districts, the neighborhood is home to hundreds of families and residences, and several malls are also found in this vast neighborhood such as the Centrepoint Mall, Lulu Centre and Royal Plaza.
Commercialbank Plaza; Doha Tower; Dubai Towers - Doha; Old Amiri Palace, Doha; Qatar National Convention Centre; Qatar National Theater; Sheraton Grand Doha Resort & Convention Hotel; Tallest buildings in Doha; Tornado Tower
Katara Mosque Central plaza. Katara Cultural Village (Arabic: الحي الثقافي كتارا), also known simply as Katara (Arabic: كتارا), is a cultural and commercial complex in Doha, Qatar, located on the eastern coast between West Bay and the Pearl. It was soft-opened in October 2010 during the Doha Tribeca Film Festival. [1]
West End Park International Cricket Stadium (official name) or Al-Arabi Stadium or Asian Town Cricket Stadium is a cricket ground in Doha, Qatar. [1] In June 2013, the ground was opened for cricket with the opening of the Grand Mall Hypermarket on its premise. The stadium can seat 13,000 spectators. [2]
It is headquartered in Doha and considered one of the larger cinema chains in the Middle East. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was previously known as Grand Cinemas since 2000 until it relaunched on 6 May 2014 under the Novo Cinemas name, [ 3 ] with theatres located in Qatar, [ 4 ] Dubai , Abu Dhabi , Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah .
Doha Film Institute (DFI) is a nonprofit cultural organisation established in 2010 by Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani to support the growth of the Qatari film community and to provide funding and international networking opportunities to creators. [1] [2] DFI hosts two major film festivals, Ajyal Film Festival and Qumra, each ...
The first known cinema in Jordan was the Petra Cinema in 1935. However, it is said that there was a cinema called 'Abu Siyah' in the 1920s and one of the first films it screened were Charlie Chaplin's silent films. [36] As opposed to Egypt and Lebanon, Jordan joined the film industry much later, with their first films being released in the 1950s.