‘Afaf Ahmed ‘Aly Shoaib was born in Kafr al-Dawar and moved to the capital to study at the Higher Institute for Theatrical Arts in 1972. Her talents drew attention after she took part in several television series. Thereafter she transitioned to cinema after earning experience on the series “Afwah wa Aranib” (“Mouths and Rabbits”), “Qays wa Lubna”, “al-Yateem wa al-Houbb” (“The Orphaned and Love”), “Du’aa al-Karan” and “al-Hadd wa al-Dimoo’. ‘Afaf married Lebanese producer Riyad al-E’ryan. She later withdrew from acting before starting again but with the veil on.
Hazun min alsama
Al-Awantageya
Incident of Dishonor
A traveler without a road
(Randa)
The Death Ward
(Nabila)
Kaydahonna Azeem
No Mixing
A Woman Deceived Me
(عواطف حسنين)
المرشد
عدى النهار
(Sabrya Antar)
The Man Who Sold The Sun
(Soaad)
A Certain Whisper
El Awantageya
The Other Land
(أم سعيد)
Against the Government
(Fatima)
Aman Ya Dunia - أمان يا دنيا
(Najfa)
سكر بولاق
ابتسامة في نهر الدموع
Al Maatooh
(سناء عبد السلام)
القضية المشهورة
Suicide of a High School Teacher
(Tafida)
The Best is Yet to Come
The Leader of Preachers
(نبوية)
Drug Habit
Over the Clouds
Moharb
The Honey and The Tears
(زينب)
Adam
Khatem Al Nemr
Brothers But Enemies
Farq Tawqit
Raafat Al Haggan
(Shereefa El-Haggan)
The Shame
(كوثر)
السيرة الهلالية
(الأميرة خضرة)
حكاية غريبة
(نبيلة)
مسألة كرامة
Shubra Rotation