‘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.
A Woman Deceived Me
1979
El Awantageya
1987
Kaydahonna Azeem
1983
Some Live Twice
1971
The Death Ward
1989
A traveler without a road
1978
Al-Qadeya Al-Mashhora
1978
Al Sharabiya
1987
The Best is Yet to Come
2014
Sukkar Bulaq
1989
Against the Government
1992
A Certain Whisper
1977
The Man Who Sold The Sun
1983
وصية زوجتي
1984
No Mixing
1986
Suicide of a High School Teacher
1989
Incident of Dishonor
1971
Al Maatooh
1982
The Informant
1989
The Other Land
2016
Aman Ya Dunia - أمان يا دنيا
1991
Hazun min alsama
1988
ابتسامة في نهر الدموع
1988