Cinema Dimashq

Cinema Dimashq (Cinema Damascus) was one of the largest single room cinema in the Middle East, with a total capacity of 1500 clients, divided in a ground floor of a total capacity of 1000 clients and a large balcony, with a total capacity of 500 clients.

Opened in Damascus, Syria, in 1943 by Toufik Chammas, a prominent local businessman, Cinema Dimashq rapidly became a local entertainment proxy, bringing Syria into the era of cinematography.

Closed in early 2005, and reopened in mid 2009, it is now renamed Cinema City.