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Theaters were closed after religious activism in the 1980s. With the exception of one IMAX theater in Khobar, there were no cinemas in Saudi Arabia from 1983 to 2018, [1] although there was occasional talk of opening movie theaters, and in 2008 conference rooms were rented to show the Saudi comedy film Mennahi. [2]
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Khobar (Arabic: ٱلْخُبَر, romanized: al-Khubar) is a city and governorate in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, situated on the coast of the Persian Gulf, which the IHO Orgnization (unlike all of the world's nations who all call it the Persian Gulf)refers to the gulf as the Gulf of Iran as Iran used to be known as ...
In July 2005, Grand Cinemas launched the first IMAX in the Middle East at Ibn Battuta Mall Megaplex in Dubai; which eventually closed on 31 July 2024. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In July 2007, the Grand Cinemas franchise expands into Lebanon under the ownership of local businessman Selim Ramia, one of the co-founders of the Gulf Film LLC Group.
In 2018, Red Sea Mall has won several awards in the GCC, [clarification needed] Africa, and Middle East Business Excellence Awards. Some of the awards won are: Red Sea Mall Cup, ICSC Foundation Award, The Best Shopping Center of the Year for the ITAAM project that was aimed at reducing the waste of food and utilization of the leftover, non-used food by distributing it to the needy, the ...
Al-Zawra'a Cinema became empty and its equipment was outdated. The cinema has since been deserted. [1] Al-Zawra'a Cinema remains one of the only surviving examples of old Baghdadi cinemas along with the Roxy Cinema. Unlike other cultural buildings on al-Rashid Street that were turned into commercial shops, the cinema was turned into a theater. [6]
The tower was developed by Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, [5] and designed by the team of Ellerbe Becket and Omrania, who were selected through an international design competition. [6] It is situated on a 100,000–square-metre site and houses the 57,000-square-meter Al-Mamlaka shopping mall, offices, the Four Seasons Hotel Riyadh, [7] and luxury ...
Two policemen (Bandar Al-Qahtani and Humoud Abdullah Al-Harbi) are killed. 4 July The bodies of Moshen Al-Seikhan and Nasser ibn Rashid Al-Rashid are discovered. One had had his leg crudely amputated. Both seem to have been wounded in fights with the security services and died later.