
‘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
1992 · as Fatima

Al-Qadeya Al-Mashhora
1978 · as نعيمة

Al Jamaliyah
1987

The Best is Yet to Come
2014

Sukkar Bulaq
1989

The Death Ward
1989 · as Nabila

ابتسامة في نهر الدموع
1988

The Informant
1989

A Woman Deceived Me
1979 · as عواطف حسنين

Kaydahonna Azeem
1983

A traveler without a road
1978 · as Randa

The Other Mainland
2016 · as أم سعيد

The Man Who Sold The Sun
1983 · as Soaad

Hazun min alsama
1988

No Mixing
1986

Al Sharabiya
1987

A Certain Whisper
1977

Suicide of a High School Teacher
1989 · as Tafida