The Port Said Cultural Entertainment Center, also known as the Port Said Opera House, is an

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, and cinema in

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. It opened in December 2016 and was inaugurated by Egyptian president

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. The main theatre, named for the Egyptian actor

Mahmoud Yassin Mahmoud Yassin ( ar, محمود ياسين; 19 February 1941 – 14 October 2020) was an Egyptian actor. He was an iconic actor in both Egyptian cinema The cinema of Egypt refers to the flourishing film industry based in Cairo, sometimes also re ...

, has a capacity of 1,200 people. It also contains two movie theatres, meeting and conference rooms, a cafeteria, and a library. Ground was broken on the four-story complex in 2006. The building's construction was a part of an initiative by the

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to bring cultural centers and buildings of the arts to Egyptian cities.

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