Acting
Afaf Shoieb
‘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.
Titles
Raafat Al Haggan
1988
Al Sera Al Helalya
1997
Bad Timing
2014
Shubra Rotation
2011
Brothers But Enemies
2012
The Honey and The Tears
1983
Drug Habit
2016
Over the Clouds
2018
The Leader of Preachers
2002
حكاية غريبة
1976
The Shame
2011
Adam
2011
Jarīmat Muntasaf Al-Layl
2025
Moharb
2024
And the Day Passed
2008
Khatem Al Nemr
2020
وضاع حبي هناك
1982
Soliman El Hakeem (سليمان الحكيم)
2019
مسألة كرامة
2011
حارة الشرفا
1986
بستان الشوك
1978
A traveler without a road
1978
Hazun min alsama
1988
Aman Ya Dunia - أمان يا دنيا
1991
The Other Mainland
2016
ابتسامة في نهر الدموع
1988
Suicide of a High School Teacher
1989
Al-Qadeya Al-Mashhora
1978
Kaydahonna Azeem
1983
Some Live Twice
1971
Al Jamaliyah
1987
Al Maatooh
1982
Against the Government
1992
The Best is Yet to Come
2014
A Woman Deceived Me
1979
The Death Ward
1989