Entertainment in Middle East
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CineStar Cinemas
Modern multiplex CineStar Cinemas shows recent Hollywood releases. Tickets cost adult around Dh30.
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Gandi 35
This hip café is popular and serves tasty and fair-value light meals with its range of coffee.
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Al-Kuz Café and Bar
This charmingly kitschy Bedouin-inspired coffeebar extends out to a rambling patio garden. Free wi-fi.
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basement bars
Back in town, the Ishtar Hotel and Hotel Villa Palmyra restaurant both have cave-themed basement bars .
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Palestine Juice
An overflowingly fertile juice stand that serves refreshing carrot or orange juice, or banana with milk.
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Al-Shams
On the corner of the big main square, this men's coffee shop is a popular haunt of Aleppo's chess players.
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Cine Le Royal
The quality of sound, vision and chairs is high. Programmes are advertised in the English-language newspapers.
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Galleria
The quality of sound, vision and chairs is high. Programmes are advertised in the English-language newspapers.
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Buzz Stop
The food ain't great, but there is a wide selection of beer, a busy atmosphere and free internet for customers.
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Jet Set
Damascus' swankiest bar-cum-club sees a moneyed young set heading here late for the latest hits spun by local DJs.
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Mike's Place
Nightly live music, pool tables and the five-hour happy hour make this one of the most popular nightspots in town.
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Tzavta
This club-theatre has pop and folk Israeli music, as well as Hebrew-language comedy and improve theatre on Fridays.
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Alliance Française
Check out the Alliance Française for weekly films in French. It also occasionally hosts festivals.
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Zolli's
Popular sports bar offering 12 types of draft beer, 15 flavours of tobacco for the nargileh and 50 types of whiskey.
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Vox
There are several levels, a voyeur terrace and a hidden couch area for make-out sessions. Gay parties held on Friday.
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Traditional Coffeehouse
This coffeehouse is in a big, old, atmospheric stone building and is largely frequented by backgammon-playing old men.
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Théâtre de Beyrouth
Small theatre hosting cutting-edge productions and performances from Lebanon and abroad, in Arabic, English and French.
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Arafat Lakonda
The hardcore qat and sheesha crowd of Arafat Lakonda might appeal to some but it's not for the timid (or women).
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Museum Café
Male travellers will enjoy this simple coffeehouse in the city centre, but it's men-only so women will feel uncomfortable.
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Dana Plaza Cinemas
Dana Plaza Cinemas are on Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Rd, showing Hollywood blockbusters and Bollywood movies.
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Narcissus
Groups of young Damascenes head to this big old Damascene house in the evenings to smoke nargileh and snack on Arabic mezze.
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Dubliners
A friendly, boozy Irish bar with reliable pub grub and Guinness. Packed on match nights; happy hour 5pm to 8pm. Try the pies.
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Disco Cruises
Hugely popular with Israeli teens, Disco Cruises depart from the Lido Kinneret Beach, according to demand, throughout the year.
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Askale
Askale, with a pub and restaurant, is a great place to enjoy the laid back atmosphere over a beer, a nargileh and a tasty snack.
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Ciné Planète
If people-watching doesn't appeal, you can always check out the latest-release English-language movies at Ciné Planète
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