‘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
Incident of Dishonor
A traveler without a road
(Randa)
The Death Ward
(Nabila)
Kaydahonna Azeem
No Mixing
A Woman Deceived Me
(عواطف حسنين)
The Informant
The Man Who Sold The Sun
(Soaad)
A Certain Whisper
El Awantageya
(بسيمة)
The Other Land
(أم سعيد)
Against the Government
(Fatima)
Aman Ya Dunia - أمان يا دنيا
(Najfa)
Sukkar Bulaq
ابتسامة في نهر الدموع
Al Maatooh
(سناء عبد السلام)
Al-Qadeya Al-Mashhora
(نعيمة)
Suicide of a High School Teacher
(Tafida)
The Best is Yet to Come
Al Sharabiya
Al Jamaliyah
وصية زوجتي
(كريمان / كريمة)
Some Live Twice
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)
AlSeera AlHelaleyya
(الأميرة خضرة)
حكاية غريبة
(نبيلة)
مسألة كرامة
Shubra Rotation
Midnight Crime
حارة الشرفا