‘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.
Against the Government
The Other Land
El Awantageya
Al Maatooh
The Best is Yet to Come
Incident of Dishonor
Al-Qadeya Al-Mashhora
A Certain Whisper
The Man Who Sold The Sun
A Woman Deceived Me
Aman Ya Dunia - أمان يا دنيا
Sukkar Bulaq
Hazun min alsama
Al-Awantageya
The Death Ward
Kaydahonna Azeem
A traveler without a road
No Mixing
The Informant
Al Jamaliyah
