‘End of the World’ Theatre in Egypt’s Desert Destroyed
The ‘mysterious ghost cinema’ has been destroyed (via Noha Zayed).
Last month, photographs taken of an abandoned outdoor cinema in the middle of Egypt’s Sinai desert by an Estonian photographer, Kaupo Kikkas, went viral. Today, this cinema, which had attracted great attention for its mysterious location, was destroyed.
According to the photographer, the cinema had been built ‘at the start of the millennium’ by a French man who felt it would be a great idea. While no film was ever shown there, the empty seats in the middle of the cinema remained standing – and can even be seen on Google Maps.
Nothing remains but bits and pieces. Credit: Noha Zayed
Credit: Noha Zayed
Today, however, it has been revealed that the cinema has been trashed and destroyed. As you’ll see in this collection of photographs above, the seats have been forcibly removed and ripped apart. Nothing remains.
It is not clear who was responsible for this act and there has been no comment from any official. According to Noha Zayed, who took and shared the photographs on Facebook and Instagram, “We decided to find and visit ‘The cinema at the end of the world.’ Upon arriving at the site we thought we got our coordinates wrong. The chairs were all knocked down as if on purpose. Nothing interesting to be seen here; the site disintegrated. It was quite a disappointment.”
Below are a collection of photographs by Kaupo Kikkas, taken before the destruction.
Before the destruction of the cinema
Google Maps shows the cinema. Click here for coordinates
Egyptian Streets 
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People do not care about “cool” shit in the desert when they cannot feed their families. The metal on those chairs was doing nothing siting in the empty desert, never to be used. Sad, but true.
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So sad this place has to be live not abandoned 😦
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who done so?
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Can you imagine of how much effort, time, money and people was needed to biuld it ?:) it could be a great classic outdoor cinema attraction over the weekends 🙂
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instead of getting there by car… you better get your camel ready :)))
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EGYPTO NESSESITA UM BOM PRESIDENTE TIRAR FAMILIAS DA POBREZA E DAR SUPORT FINANCEIRO PARA AS MAES CRIAREM MELHOR SEUS FILHOS OK….MAIS SUPORT FINANCEIRO PARA CRIAR SEUS FILHOS OK…OLHA O BRASIL…NOSSA PRESIDENTA AJUDA AS MAES..POBRES…AUXILIO FAMILIA OK..ASSIM TUDO SERA BEM MELHOR SE CRIANÇAS TEM COMIDA E ESTUDO…ESCOLA E COMIDA..
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The thieves stole the steel under the chairs. They didn’t care for the wood. Look at the photos of the destruction, only wood is left.
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They want the metal ,thats why thieves destroyed it
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i think it may was a strong wind which destroyed the seats
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A strong wind?
A selective one too I suppose, where initial gusts manage to separate wood from metal, whilst a following sirocco blows away all traces of steel to a magical place far far away, where skilled alchemists transform it following an exchange of coin and children look on in wonder and disbelief…
Adults of course, lost that sense of wonder once grown up and now just look on in disbelief.
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I think the thieves stole the steel in the back of the chairs to sell it as a scrabe iron.
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From the photographs, it looks like the seats were taken apart to scavenge the metal supports. The wooden seats and backs are still there, but most of the metal appears to be gone.
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Well it certainly isn’t destroyd for love of the desert, and because it didn’t fit. Because then they woulf have removed the destroyd parts. This must have been done by somebody who hate culture. It doesn’t look good now, just sad.
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