Metro, a cinema in downtown Cairo, opened in 1940. Architect Thomas Lamb worked with local Gaston Rossi in a stunning Art Deco style. It was built to showcase MGM movies in Cairo.

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Miami, a cinema in downtown Cairo. The building opened in 1938 or 1940 as an open air cinema. It is still used nowadays, though the façade has been simplified very much.

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