Safia ElEmary

Acting

Safia ElEmary

Born

1949-01-20 (77)

Place of birth

Gharbia, Egypt

Known for

Acting

Credits

63 titles

Known for

El Helmeya Nights poster
8.2

A sweeping saga spanning Egyptian history from the era of King Farouk to the early 21st century, Al Helmeya Nights centres on the bitter rivalry between the Al-Badri and Ghanem families in Cairo's Helmeya neighbourhood. Driven by revenge, ambition, and shifting power, the series — written by Osama Anwar Okasha with over 300 actors across six seasons — is widely considered one of the greatest achievements in Arab television drama.

El Helmeya Nights

1987

Hawanem Garden City poster
NR

In a dramatic context, the events of the series deal with the changes of the social relations between the Shazli family members and its head, Mahmoud, from the Royal era until the events of 1952.

Hawanem Garden City

1997

Devils of Al-Sayala poster
6.0

Rizqa adopts and raises her nephew Maghawry after his mother dies during his birth. He grows up with his aunt in Al-Siyala neighborhood in Alexandria where they suffer from poverty and difficult circumstances, but events take a turn when a rich businessman claims that he's Maghawry's father.

Devils of Al-Sayala

2004

Opera Aida poster
NR

Sayed Abdel Hafiz, famously known as Sayed Opera, is a lawyer famous for the schemes that he uses to defend criminals and drug traffickers. Aida is a skilled doctor who lives in a simple house after her father lost his wealth because of one of Sayed's tricks, until the paths of Opera and Aida cross.

Opera Aida

2000

Dreams Of El Tayer Boy poster
8.0

After Ibrahim Al-Tayer comes out of prison, he returns to stealing, where he smuggles 750 thousand pounds, and hides with the money in a mental hospital in agreement with the hospital's director alone. But when the director dies, Ibrahim escapes with another to hide from the police and gang that wants the money.

Dreams Of El Tayer Boy

1978

The Emigrant poster
5.8

The biblical tale of Joseph is told from an Egyptian perspective in this interesting character study. In this film, Joseph is called Ram. Ram, tired of his family's backward superstitious life, and tired of being picked on by his brothers, wants to go to Egypt to study agriculture. His brothers travel with him across Sinai, but then suddenly sell him to Ozir, an Egyptian who works for a Theban military leader, Amihar. Amihar is impressed by Ram's drive and personal charm and so grants Ram some desolate land outside the capital. Ram soon finds himself a pawn in the political and sexual games between Amihar and his wife Simihit, a high priestess of the Cult of Amun.

The Emigrant

1994

Film credits

2010s · 4 titles

1990s · 11 titles

The Emigrant poster
5.8

The biblical tale of Joseph is told from an Egyptian perspective in this interesting character study. In this film, Joseph is called Ram. Ram, tired of his family's backward superstitious life, and tired of being picked on by his brothers, wants to go to Egypt to study agriculture. His brothers travel with him across Sinai, but then suddenly sell him to Ozir, an Egyptian who works for a Theban military leader, Amihar. Amihar is impressed by Ram's drive and personal charm and so grants Ram some desolate land outside the capital. Ram soon finds himself a pawn in the political and sexual games between Amihar and his wife Simihit, a high priestess of the Cult of Amun.

The Emigrant

1994

Destiny poster
6.8

In the 12th century's Andalusia lives Ibn Rushd a prominent Islamic philosopher with his wife Zeinab and daughter Salma. The principality is ruled by Khalifa ElMansour who has two sons, ElNasser, an intellectual that likes Ibn Rush and is in love with his daughter Salma. The younger son Abdallah is more into dancing and poetry, spending most of his times with the gypsy family and getting the daughter pregnant. The Khalifa is depending on the extremists to build his army granting them more power which they use to combat artists and philosophers. The extremists succeed in recruiting Abd Allah and train him to kill his father. Events go on where Marawan, the gypsy singer, is killed and Ibn Rushd's books are burnt. Adapted from the real life of Ibn Rushd AlMasir is Chahine's statement against extremism.

Destiny

1997

Citizen Masrey poster
6.5

The story of Mayor Abdul Razek al-Sharshabi (Omar al-Sharif) when his younger son, Tawfiq (Khalid al-Nabawi) is called for army recruitment, his wife (Safiya al-Omari), rejects it, suggesting to send someone else to go instead. So the Mayor persuaded a poor father named Abdul-Muqeem (Izzat al-Alayli) to send his only son Masrey instead.

Citizen Masrey

1991

Alhajar alddayir poster
NR

Adel is a simple employee who is married to a teacher, and has three children but faces financial troubles. He meets Iglal,the corrupt businesswoman,who marries him and he becomes rich. Then he meets Sherine, another rich woman and marries her also. Till he feels lost and wants to go back to his old life.

Alhajar alddayir

1992

Layl Wa Khawana poster
NR

The corrupt lawyer Mohaseb Awadallah exploits the small thief Salah to steal important documents from the safe of an investment company. When the lawyer feels that Salah's power is increasing, he gets rid of him through another thief named Shaqroun who carries out the lawyer’s plan.

Layl Wa Khawana

1990

Wa Tammat Aqualoh poster
6.0

A university professor resorts to other options when his job gets out of hand.

Wa Tammat Aqualoh

1992

The Volcano poster
NR

Mahmoud lives in Upper Egypt, and he's pursued for a crime he didn't commit. He flees to Alexandria with his only son, Ahmed, and works as a porter at Haji Saleh. Mahmoud emigrates to America, and leaves his son with Haji Saleh, who gives all his wealth to Ahmed.

The Volcano

1990

Al-Sharissa poster
NR

Samia rebels against her unemployed husband until she gets a divorce, and starts dreaming of living outside the poor neighborhood into a rich life. She works for a rich man, and tries to seduce his son Sherif to marry her. But when she fails, she transfers the game to his unmarried uncle.

Al-Sharissa

1993

Ladies' Threshold poster
6.5

(Suheir Fadel) an Obstetrics and Gynecology Doctor is unable to have kids from her Husband (Hazem Kharbash) after many years of marriage. Her husband Hazem goes for some medical tests to find that he is incapable of procreation and his wife is perfectly healthy, and he lies to her to maintain their marital life.

Ladies' Threshold

1995

Alhajar alddayir poster
NR

(Adel) A simple employee who is married to (Azizah) who works as a school, has three children, and is unable to meet his financial obligations towards his family. He learns about the honor of the businesswoman, who is suspicious of the activities and is dazzled by his mother, Fitzugan. He works with her and makes big profits. At one party he recognizes the millionaire (Hamzawi) and his daughter (Sherine) and marvels at him and marries her to realize his dreams despite knowing that she is addicted to drugs Among his three wives, the first word of her world, and the second revolutions, and the third died with a dose of narcotic, feel lost and try to return to his first life.

Alhajar alddayir

1992

Spirit of Survival poster
NR

Police General Hemat demolishes the psychology of rebellious youth, by using sergeant Abbas who tortures political prisoners including Dr. Shawki. When Shawki is released, Abbas's condition deteriorates after his drug addiction. His wife Nour calls Dr. Shawki without knowing that he is one of his victims.

Spirit of Survival

1990

1980s · 21 titles

At the Minister's Door poster
6.5

Kamal is a university student who is in love with Nora the daughter of a ruthless businessman who rejects him because he is poor and thus plots to keep him away from her. With the help of his friends they try to solve his problem especially after Kamal's father has been unjustly arrested for a crime he did not commit.

At the Minister's Door

1982

I Killed Al Hanash poster
4.7

Hassanein and Barhuma suffer from the abuse of (El-Hanash) a bully in the neighborhood. After some time, Hassanein travels to Greece where he meets with his mistress Aziza and marries her after knowing that she has a child as a result of their illicit relationship. On the other hand, El-Hanash gets his agents in Greece to go after Hassanein, which results of Aziza's murder by a bullet directed towards her by mistake instead of Hassanein.

I Killed Al Hanash

1985

The Boss Is the Doorman poster
NR

Abu al-Ma'ati disguies himself as a janitor of a building to escape justice, he meets a dancer and work together in prostitution and drug trade, but events turn when he decides to run for election.

The Boss Is the Doorman

1985

The Widow and The Devil poster
NR

The rich widow Hanan frequently visits the shop where Lubna works, which plans with her lover Atef to blackmail Hanan. Hanan gives them a room attached to the villa garden to get married. Atef succeeds in seducing Hanan into his love, Lubna rebels against them, so Atef claims to kill her and hides her body in a deserted place, a telephone woman threatens her to report the police about the crime to blackmail her.

The Widow and The Devil

1984

No artwork available
NR

The kind-hearted employee, known for his good conduct and honesty, fights the suspicious dealings carried out by his direct manager. As a result, he is suspended and transferred to work in Aswan. Impressed by him, businessman Mohamed hires him to work for his company. Al-Tayyib meets Souad, a nightclub hostess who was deceived and abandoned by Ahmed after becoming pregnant with his child, forcing her to work at a nightclub

Al-Tayyeb Effendi

1984

The Bey Doorman poster
6.5

Abdel Samea goes to Egypt with his wife and children looking for a job so he works as a doorman, and by being smart he works as a broker until he makes a lot of money

The Bey Doorman

1987

Walls of Tanneries poster
NR

Mohsen struggles to revive his father's tannery but debt accumulates as Khalil monopolizes the leather trade in the neighborhood.

Walls of Tanneries

1983

The Beginning poster
7.9

After a crash, a group of passengers are stranded in the desert. They attempt to cope with their new conditions as the most privileged of them all, an overpaid lawyer, declares himself a dictator of the nearby oasis and names it after him.

The Beginning

1986

Bokra Ahla Men El-Naharda poster
NR

Nemat (Lebleba) is a girl searching for her mother who has been away from her for fifteen years and has traveled to Casablanca. Nemat is upset with her father Afifi Bey (Ahmed Mazhar) who does not want to help her, so she decides to return to Egypt to get her mother's inheritance. She meets Ahmed (Hatem Zulfikar) who invites her to dinner. While they are eating, they meet Najaf (Safiya Al-Omari) and Khashaba (Abdel Moneim Madbouly), the show artists, who we discover are related to Ahmed and are a group of swindlers.

Bokra Ahla Men El-Naharda

1986

Al-Harafish poster
6.0

Tensions rise in the house of Suleiman Al-Nagy, the defender of the weak, because his son's wife, Radwana, fell in love with his other son Khider. When Radwana's husband Bark finds out, he accuses his brother of betraying him and tries to kill him but Khider denies the accusation and escapes.

Al-Harafish

1986

Nawara and the Beast poster
NR

In one of the villages, the big landowners are fighting over buying the largest percentages of land, as Taher Bey covets acquiring the land belonging to Kamla Hanem, which she inherited from her late husband, and she is supported in this conflict by her daughter's husband, who works as a police officer. The forces of the conflict change when the dancer Nawara and her band come to the village, and he throws her into the conflict between the bigwigs.

Nawara and the Beast

1987

الجريح poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

الجريح

1985

The Coal Miners poster
3.0

The Pasha mocks the farmers and workers of his estate, who suffer from his greed and are incited against him by Amin, who lives in the coal-burning district. Later, Amin's father is killed by unknown persons. At the same time, Loza, Amin's fiancée, is looking forward to getting rich; therefore, she surrenders to the Pasha, who refuses to marry her and delays giving her any part of his property. The Pasha fabricates a charge of possessing counterfeit currency against Amin, who flees and discovers that the Pasha is behind his father's murder and the charge attributed to him. He is also surprised by Loza's relationship with the Pasha, so he decides to take revenge.

The Coal Miners

1987

Hob La Yara Al-Shams poster
7.0

Under pressure from his father Hassan, Ahmed agrees to marry another to give birth to someone who inherits his wealth. The choice falls on the dreams of the poor girl who counts her sick mother. The father agrees with her to give her a monthly amount of money, provided that the divorce takes place after her birth and that Amal hopes to raise the baby. Over time, love grows between Ahmad and Ahlam.

Hob La Yara Al-Shams

1980

عذراء وثلاثة رجال poster
NR

Shokry, a security officer in a village in Upper Egypt, seeks to protect infidelity from stalking. He asks to marry Amal, who is working with her father Abdel Fattah at the Kafr al-Kufr school. An unknown man attacks her in the evening and does not know his identity. There is doubt about Jasser and Abu Atwa the offender and his brother Abdul Rahman, and in the House of the Mayor recognizes Abdul Rahman as the actor, accompanied him to the center thanks to the center, although the way he is risky, open fire on their car and kill Abdul Rahman, it turns out that Abu Atwa is the killer and surrenders himself to the police His brother deserves death.

عذراء وثلاثة رجال

1986

Imra'a Min Nar poster
NR

The plumber Sayed covets marrying the orphan girl Loza. The drug smuggler Zaghloul succeeds in recruiting Loza into the gang. He pretends to love her and opens a clothing store for her. She travels repeatedly to bring goods from Port Said without knowing his true nature. She gets involved in a relationship with him and her sister throws her out, so she lives with him in the house. When she discovers the truth about his work, she joins him.

Imra'a Min Nar

1987

And registered against unknown poster
NR

Saber Al-Falah works as a guard at some facilities, but soon some thefts occur during his guard shift. He is transferred to the Al-Ahram area, where there are no things that can be stolen. A surprise occurs when the Pyramid of Khufu is stolen, and Egyptian and international public opinion is preoccupied with the incident. Detective Officer Rushdie begins investigating the incident.

And registered against unknown

1981

Confrontation poster
NR

Mahmoud leaves his town after offering his shroud to stop the bloodbath between his family and another family. The dispute began when Mahmoud met Salim, the chief of the Hawara, who has complete control over the town. Salim wanted to buy the share of his brother's widow, Atiyat, who refuses to sell. Mahmoud sympathizes with her against Salim, who is subjected to an attempted murder by some of the locals, so Mahmoud protects him with his pampering among the locals. Salim's son assaults Mahmoud's daughter, Fatima, and then kills her. He accuses Atiyat's brother of the crime, and Salim demands revenge and justice, and seeks to achieve it himself, but a surprise occurs that changes the course of events.

Confrontation

1987

What's your price my friend ?! poster
NR

After spending several years in Europe, Seif returns with a large sum of money. He is thinking of working on an investment project. He learns that wealthy widow Nariman, who owns a printing press, through his friend Adel, agrees to take part in it. His mother covets his sister, Which he sponsors throughout his absence in Europe, Saif agrees but after the success of his project

What's your price my friend ?!

1987

Ghalta Umm poster
NR

Firdaws married a poor young man and gave birth to a child. Her husband died. She married again to a rich man and left her child with a poor family. Firdaws traveled with her husband for a long time. After her return, she went to meet her son and found that the house had been destroyed. After a while, Firdaws received a letter from a young man telling her that he was her son and that the woman who raised him had explained the truth to him before she died.

Ghalta Umm

1989

Love also dies poster
NR

A love story develops between the famous artist Abkar and the famous writer Murad Fahim. Despite his boss Mustafa Rushdi's warning to him about the fear of this relationship, which may affect his professional life, it develops, and he finds himself at a crossroads between choosing to continue with her or paying attention to his work.

Love also dies

1988

1970s · 16 titles

A Tale Behind Every Door poster
7.5

(A tale behind every door) A television movie consisting of four short films, written by the great writer Tawfiq Al-Hakim and writer Katia Thabet, in each film a different problem is presented, and the four films starring Faten Hamama and different heroes, and they are, respectively: (Crazy position) starring Ahmed Ramzi, (I want to kill) starring Abu Bakr Ezzat and Safia Al-Omari, (the respected deputy) starring Ahmed Mazhar, and (guest at dinner) starring Jamil Ratib and Nadia Zulfiqar and Muhammad Al-Sabe, and each film talks about a specific social issue that occurs to a woman, and deals with each What happens to her.

A Tale Behind Every Door

1979

Paying the Price poster
5.0

Imad Bemirfat wonders in silence that he is below the level of her social family. He travels abroad to get his doctorate and when he comes back surprised by his agreement with his brother Ala to marry despite the opposition of her brother Nashat, he tries to convince Nadia to get rid of the fetus. .

Paying the Price

1978

I'll Never Come Back poster
NR

Dr. Ahmed falls in love with the young girl (Souad) who saved his child Essam from drowning, so that the relationship between them develops and Souad becomes pregnant with him, so he is forced to marry her, and he is forced to inform his wife (Hoda), who decides to leave and travel outside the country, before what happens that changes the course of events .

I'll Never Come Back

1975

Afraid of Something poster
NR

Rashed kidnaps student Ismat and takes her to his house. Before he assaults her, he is surprised by the thief Raoof, who saves her, kills him, and runs away with her. Raoof confesses to Ismat that he is forced to steal in order to obtain the money needed to treat his sick daughter. She sympathizes with him and events continue.

Afraid of Something

1979

Torment is a Woman poster
6.0

Enas married for love to Dr. Jalal and gave birth to their child, Hisham. However, she is also affected by her husband’s success, and feels doubts about his relationship with his colleague Laila, so she decides to make his life hell, and makes him doubt his paternity of their son Hisham. Jalal collapses, and falls into the state of his wife’s delirium, and the delirium turns into shock. Nervousness pushes him towards the abyss and he loses his memory.

Torment is a Woman

1977

Agony over smiling lips poster
NR

(Shahira) enters into a long struggle between reason and emotion, as she loves (Essam), her childhood friend, and they wait for their marriage together since childhood, until (Mustafa), the successful businessman, appears in her life, and with him a prosperous future full of luxury. She has to choose and give priority to her passion or reason.

Agony over smiling lips

1974

A Woman for Love poster
NR

Mahmoud takes over the education of Suad after the death of her parents, and years pass and he marries her, but divorces her after he suffers sexual dysfunction as a result of an accident. She gets to know Ahmed and admires him and Mahmoud asks him to marry her, so Mahmoud agrees and lives with her, the differences between the spouses are caused by Ahmed's jealousy from Mahmoud.

A Woman for Love

1974

A kind of woman poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A kind of woman

1979

Mr. Ayub poster
NR

Mr. Ayoub is a music teacher who tutors a group of young girls. His life takes an adventurous turn when he meets Tawfiq and his mistress Lola, as Ayoub grows infatuated with Mona, Tawfiq's daughter.

Mr. Ayub

1975

La waqt lil-demoue poster
NR

The dancer, Azza, breaks down on the road, and Hazem, the commando officer, helps her, and they fall in love. But then he is called to participate in the front, and she receives the news that he has died, and she is sad about him.

La waqt lil-demoue

1976

Young People These Days poster
NR

Hosni does not find a suitable time to spend at home to consider the affairs of his house, wife and children, as he is the editor-in-chief of one of the well-known magazines, writes about youth issues, but he finds himself immersed in work and in a relationship with his secretary, Suheir, without knowing that she is secretly married to his son Khaled, except That the October war erupts and Khalid invokes with others, the father discovers the extent of his mistake and his wife returns to the house while sending his son before his martyrdom a letter to his father recommending him to his wife Suheir.

Young People These Days

1975

غراميات عازب poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

غراميات عازب

1976

El Banat Lazem Ttgawz poster
NR

Safi marries a music teacher, Ahmed, despite her father's objection, but with her grandfather's consent. The father revolts and expels her, so she lives a humble life with Ahmed in his mother's house. At the same time, her brother Ashraf abandons his beloved Nahid after the father refuses their marriage and forbids him money. Nahed is forced to deviate to raise money for her marriage to Ashraf.

El Banat Lazem Ttgawz

1973

Ebnati Wil Zaeeb poster
NR

Azhar suffers from her father's rigidness, and she falls in love with Mustafa, and her father sends her to live with her aunt in the farmhouse, and there he tries to woo her with Youssef, then he soon assaults her, and she keeps the matter in secret.

Ebnati Wil Zaeeb

1977

Hearts in a Sea of Tears poster
6.0

A girl of a humble origin who works at a hotel to provide for her family crosses paths with a wealthy young man whose mother opposes their marriage due to the difference in their social backgrounds.

Hearts in a Sea of Tears

1978

Queen of Tarab poster
NR

The movie "Sultana of Tarab" is an Egyptian biographical musical film that tells the story of the legendary Egyptian singer Mounira El Mahdeya who was widely known as the "Sultana of Tarab"

Queen of Tarab

1979

Series credits

El Helmeya Nights poster
8.2

A sweeping saga spanning Egyptian history from the era of King Farouk to the early 21st century, Al Helmeya Nights centres on the bitter rivalry between the Al-Badri and Ghanem families in Cairo's Helmeya neighbourhood. Driven by revenge, ambition, and shifting power, the series — written by Osama Anwar Okasha with over 300 actors across six seasons — is widely considered one of the greatest achievements in Arab television drama.

El Helmeya Nights

1987

Hawanem Garden City poster
NR

In a dramatic context, the events of the series deal with the changes of the social relations between the Shazli family members and its head, Mahmoud, from the Royal era until the events of 1952.

Hawanem Garden City

1997

Devils of Al-Sayala poster
6.0

Rizqa adopts and raises her nephew Maghawry after his mother dies during his birth. He grows up with his aunt in Al-Siyala neighborhood in Alexandria where they suffer from poverty and difficult circumstances, but events take a turn when a rich businessman claims that he's Maghawry's father.

Devils of Al-Sayala

2004

Opera Aida poster
NR

Sayed Abdel Hafiz, famously known as Sayed Opera, is a lawyer famous for the schemes that he uses to defend criminals and drug traffickers. Aida is a skilled doctor who lives in a simple house after her father lost his wealth because of one of Sayed's tricks, until the paths of Opera and Aida cross.

Opera Aida

2000

Dreams Of El Tayer Boy poster
8.0

After Ibrahim Al-Tayer comes out of prison, he returns to stealing, where he smuggles 750 thousand pounds, and hides with the money in a mental hospital in agreement with the hospital's director alone. But when the director dies, Ibrahim escapes with another to hide from the police and gang that wants the money.

Dreams Of El Tayer Boy

1978

سمرقند poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

سمرقند

2016

The Days poster
NR

The series chronicles the life of Taha Hussein, The Dean of Arabic Literature, as he leaves the countryside to get a better education, and then leaves Egypt to France where he meets Susan whom he marries later.

The Days

1979

أبيض في أبيض poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

أبيض في أبيض

2003

No artwork available
NR

A social series that deals with separate stories about the nature of family and social relationships, whether at home, school, university or the workplace, and each story carried a separate title, including: Dr. Abdo - Girls ’Daughters Girls - Nights of Love and Permission - By God, we gathered again, Qamar - Al-Daloua and People - Vacations, Vacations, Vacations - No rest, No hospitality - A song for the homeland - Happy vacation - Listen to me - Hello cat - Crime and punishment.

Cairo and People

1972

No artwork available
NR

A dramedy about Hamid, the simple employee who can't adjust to his daily life with his wife, children, and manager who oppresses him, so he resorts to hypocrisy to deal with his boss who promotes him, but he abandons his principles in the process.

Ard el Nifaq

1975