Cinemas in the UAE are testaments to the different nationalities that co-exist here: a reflection in architecture and marquee letters of the many languages and cultures that make the country their home. The very first movie theatre in the UAE was the Royal Air Force Cinema in Al Mahatta, Sharjah, in 1948, which catered to the British services then based in the emirate. Throughout the 1970s, standalone cinemas were constructed to show Bollywood, Tollywood, Lebanese, and Malaysian films, and a weekly trip to
Source: History of the UAE’s big screen projected as an exhibition – The National