Afaf Mostafa

Acting

Afaf Mostafa

Born

1960-11-17 (65)

Place of birth

Egypt

Known for

Acting

Credits

59 titles

Known for

Diary of a Very Angry Wife poster
5.0

Engi is a sharp-tongued journalist who happens to work at the same newspaper as her husband Ali — a recipe for endless conflict. Clashing over politics, gender roles, and the realities of modern Egyptian marriage, the series blends sharp social commentary with warm domestic comedy. Starring Dalia El Behairy and Khaled Sarhan, it ran for five seasons and became one of Egypt's most beloved female-led comedies.

Diary of a Very Angry Wife

2015

Whose empire poster
6.5

An Egyptian family living abroad decides to return to Egypt when a bout of nostalgia strikes the parents. Their children reluctantly agree to the decision but they all face a series of comical situations beyond what they expected from the moment they land.

Whose empire

2014

Professor and Head of Department poster
4.5

A college professor rebelling on political situations, holds a big governmental position after the revolution, but he gets shocking surprises.

Professor and Head of Department

2015

The House is My Home poster
7.6

In a setting of comedy and horror, Benno is forced to return to Cairo in order to settle his inheritance, but is soon shocked to learn that what he inherits will expose him to terrifying adventures.

The House is My Home

2022

The Ruffian poster
7.0

In the world of local neighborhoods, a sect of strong people come together to manage the affairs of these neighborhoods. Known as Al-Fetewa, they are ruffians who shoulder the responsibility of the people in their neighborhoods.

The Ruffian

2020

The Oracle poster
7.6

A crook manages to evade capture for a long time as he switches between various identities that make it difficult for the police to catch him. As he is finally caught by the police officer who has spent his life chasing him, both of them are changed forever by a series of events.

The Oracle

2013

Film credits

2020s · 4 titles

2010s · 10 titles

An Hour and a Half poster
7.3

Based on the Ayyat train accident that killed 361 in 2002, this ensemble drama delves into the intense human stories of the passengers in a third-class coach car during the hour and a half before the crash.

An Hour and a Half

2012

I Adore You poster
5.8

Dr. Sherif who works as a plastic surgeon, gets to know a young lady whom he falls in love with. But when he is introduced to her single mum he falls in love with her instead. Trying his best ways to get her attention.

I Adore You

2015

Please Call Me poster
5.3

Ibrahim Toshkee, a non-talented who wants to become an actor. When he faces failure, he utilizes his wits into coning people, which leads him to many problems. In the meantime, he is in a love with his neighbor "Abla" and having an affair with a prostitute “Ashgan”.

Please Call Me

2010

The Diesel poster
4.4

Stuntman Badr the Diesel lives in a poor neighborhood. He meets Donia El- Sayad, a famous movie star, whose assistant, Afaf, is Badr’s Fiancée. When Afaf gets killed, he decides to seek revenge and find those who are responsible for her death

The Diesel

2018

Khair And Baraka poster
3.5

Two brothers who are looking for a job, find themselves in many comedic situations during their search journey and when they work in professions they know nothing about.

Khair And Baraka

2017

Two Girls from Egypt poster
5.2

The struggle of two women who face many events and the psychological and sociological aspects of being unmarried yet of marrying age in the context of an Eastern society where women are expected to be part of a man's household.

Two Girls from Egypt

2010

Amar’s Hand poster
6.7

Following the death of her husband, Amar is left to carry out her deceased husband’s dream of building a brick house with her five children. The five boys move to Cairo to earn some money, but they struggle to make ends meet and achieve their dreams in the capital.

Amar’s Hand

2011

Horrible Grandma poster
5.5

Raouf escapes of the control his grandmother Rawyah Hanim after she traveed to Germany and he movd with his grandfather Romman. After his grandfather's death, he decided to marry Manar, who he is attached to, but as his grandmother returned home and moved to live with him, life turned upside down dramatically as she tries to control his and his wife's lives.

Horrible Grandma

2012

The Other Mainland poster
6.8

A group of young men who live in a poverty-stricken village aspire to migrate to Italy seeking a better life. In their journey towards their dream life, they are faced with the treacherous waves of the Mediterranean Sea while boarding an old, worn-out boat and carrying no legal documents.

The Other Mainland

2016

Reklam poster
3.3

Shadyia is forced to marry a drug dealer, and from here her life begins to decline after her husband is arrested. She meets three other girls ,Dawlat, Shukryia and Suzy, who are also going a dark path.

Reklam

2012

2000s · 8 titles

The Yacoubian Building poster
7.3

The lives of residents in an old Cairo building, "The Yacoubian Building," are affected by issues like corruption, extremism, class disparity, and sexuality. Through diverse characters, the film offers a critical examination of Egyptian society.

The Yacoubian Building

2006

Kareem's Women poster
5.0

Kareem, a divorced young man, seeks the help of his girl friends from college to get back to his wife, Gigi. However, most of them like him, which makes the situation even more complicated as he tries to win Gigi back.

Kareem's Women

2005

Tito poster
7.4

Tito is the second installment in the new-wave Egyptian action movies. After Mafia by Sherif Arafa, which was a breakthrough in Egyptian cinema making, Tarek El-Aryan brings us Tito, the next logical step. Very simply, this movie is about an ex-con who tries to escape his sinful life by starting a new one, but his past comes back to haunt him. The reason, why Tito is better than Mafia is because the script and story line in Tito is more complex, and some of the characters had real depth in them and where fully developed throughout the movie.

Tito

2004

The Wedding poster
6.1

Facing financial strain, a man organizes a fake wedding to raise money. A deeply touching Egyptian drama.

The Wedding

2009

Replacement poster
6.8

The film's events revolve around twins separated by days, each of them raised in a different environment. One was adopted by a dancer and lived with her in a poor, marginalized life in a slum area, and the other was adopted by a good, high-ranking family, and the first became a drug dealer and the second a police officer.

Replacement

2009

Open your eyes poster
6.3

An employee of an advertising agency tries to uncover the cause of the murder of his friend the journalist Sherif. His search leads him to an international organization that is behind his friend's death,who was trying to reveal its activities that threaten national security.

Open your eyes

2005

Ali Spicy poster
6.0

Ali joins the Faculty of Medicine at the request of his father. He succeeds in treating his patients with psychotherapy which makes the hospital manager jealous, at the same time he becomes a famous star thanks to a cabaret owner, and his success also raises the jealousy of the new singer (Dunya).

Ali Spicy

2005

One-Zero poster
5.6

Many characters of different backgrounds with various problems have their lives intertwine, as they come together through the one thing that unites them; their love of Egypt as Egypt wins the African Cup.

One-Zero

2009

Series credits

Diary of a Very Angry Wife poster
5.0

Engi is a sharp-tongued journalist who happens to work at the same newspaper as her husband Ali — a recipe for endless conflict. Clashing over politics, gender roles, and the realities of modern Egyptian marriage, the series blends sharp social commentary with warm domestic comedy. Starring Dalia El Behairy and Khaled Sarhan, it ran for five seasons and became one of Egypt's most beloved female-led comedies.

Diary of a Very Angry Wife

2015

Whose empire poster
6.5

An Egyptian family living abroad decides to return to Egypt when a bout of nostalgia strikes the parents. Their children reluctantly agree to the decision but they all face a series of comical situations beyond what they expected from the moment they land.

Whose empire

2014

Professor and Head of Department poster
4.5

A college professor rebelling on political situations, holds a big governmental position after the revolution, but he gets shocking surprises.

Professor and Head of Department

2015

The House is My Home poster
7.6

In a setting of comedy and horror, Benno is forced to return to Cairo in order to settle his inheritance, but is soon shocked to learn that what he inherits will expose him to terrifying adventures.

The House is My Home

2022

The Ruffian poster
7.0

In the world of local neighborhoods, a sect of strong people come together to manage the affairs of these neighborhoods. Known as Al-Fetewa, they are ruffians who shoulder the responsibility of the people in their neighborhoods.

The Ruffian

2020

The Oracle poster
7.6

A crook manages to evade capture for a long time as he switches between various identities that make it difficult for the police to catch him. As he is finally caught by the police officer who has spent his life chasing him, both of them are changed forever by a series of events.

The Oracle

2013

I want to get married poster
7.9

The story of a pharmacist who wants to settle down and get married before reaching the age of thirty, and her family's insistence that she accepts the first groom who proposes, as well as her hilarious stories and experience with the men who propose to her.

I want to get married

2010

Viva Atata poster
4.5

The series revolves around the old woman (Ata) who causes problems for herself and those around her, then she enters the prison after being accused of committing a crime, and raises some crises inside the prison and causes many problems for the prison warden, whose daughter suffers from a mental illness that makes her separate from reality and lives with the mentality of a small child, and that she You'll be cured of this psychological knot after meeting Ata Which will tell stories from the past until he is cured.

Viva Atata

2014

Halawet El-Donia poster
7.8

When Amina gets diagnosed with cancer close to her wedding, she gets abandoned by her fiancé under his family's pressure. This all serves as a wake-up call which makes her reflect on her relationships with the people in her life. Her elevated sense of maturity makes her value what and who truly matter in her life.

Halawet El-Donia

2017

Sweet Dreams poster
3.2

Three middle-aged women, Farida,Sherine and Laila, suffering from insomnia and difficulty sleeping, are brought together by fate to go through experiences that will help them overcome their problems and move on to a better life.

Sweet Dreams

2022

Places in the heart poster
NR

An Egyptian lawyer arrives in the United States and tells the story of his life and his defense of a doctor accused of killing her husband, Eman enters prison in the United States and meets another Egyptian prisoner, Maggie, Maggie dies inside the prison after a plotting prisoner to get rid of Iman and Maggie, Maggie returns to the United States in search of her missing son.

Places in the heart

2005

The Other Face poster
8.0

Businessman (Hussein Fahmi) escapes outside Egypt with his stolen wealth , while a middle class man (Karim Abdel Aziz) works as a security guard for the businessman to support his father and siblings.

The Other Face

2015

نابليون والمحروسة poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

نابليون والمحروسة

2012

Son of the Poor poster
5.0

An upper-Egyptian who lives on the border of the poverty line decides to earn an honest living by having two jobs: A teacher at a public school during the day, and a taxi driver in the evening. Yet, through his struggle to make ends meet he falls into the pit of drug trade.

Son of the Poor

2019

Bin El Sarayat poster
8.0

The series depicts the effect that Cairo University has on the local neighborhood of Bin El Sarayat and its people, and how the neighborhood offers services to the university and its students.

Bin El Sarayat

2015

Kafr Delhap poster
7.4

Set in a remote, cursed village in an ancient era, Kafr Delhab follows a doctor named Saad who arrives to find no children have been born for years — women miscarry, villagers are possessed by jinn, and all speak of a vengeful woman's spirit seeking retribution against the entire hamlet. Starring Youssef El Sherif, the series is a rare foray into horror-mystery for Egyptian drama, filmed on location in the haunting landscape of Siwa Oasis.

Kafr Delhap

2017

Citizen X poster
6.2

Ahmed Qasim, famously named Aix, is killed in a heinous accident, then the events before his death were exposed to show the relationship of the hero with his family, friends and all influencers in his life until he was exposed to this incident, and investigations are ongoing into the issue of his death to try to find out who killed X.

Citizen X

2011

The Journey poster
8.5

On flight 710, a number of passengers share one thing with each other: that they are all mental patients with hidden secrets. Their plans and stories converge into one fate.

The Journey

2021

Rayya and Sakina poster
7.7

The story of the lives of sisters Rayya and Sakina, two of the most famous criminals of the 20th century in Egypt as they terrified women and masterminded dozens of deaths. The series presents the circumstances that led them to becoming criminals and the impact of the environment on their future.

Rayya and Sakina

2005

Good Mood poster
8.0

The drug dealer, Afandina, tries to monopolize the drug trade in his neighborhood, but he has a tough rival in Al-Noah and his son Bara'a, who want to take revenge on Afandina for killing Gharib Al-Noah.

Good Mood

2013

The Escape poster
7.5

Mahmoud is a young engineer who misses on a job at his university due to corruption. As he stands up to a businessman, the latter frames him for murder and Mahmoud is forced to flee in an attempt to prove his innocence. But another tragedy awaits him when his brother gets killed.

The Escape

2012

The Doubt poster
6.0

The life of a middle-class family turns upside down when a lawyer contacts them and casts doubt on the paternity of their eldest daughter, which leads the father to suspect his wife's infidelity since the purported father of his daughter was his and his wife's college friend.

The Doubt

2013

Arafa Al Bahr poster
NR

Arafaa is a righteous man who owns a number of fishing boats. Due to his success, he faces many problems and clashes with the people around him to do the right thing.

Arafa Al Bahr

2012

Nour Maryam poster
NR

The events revolve around the conditions of corruption during the period of the previous regime and attempts by righteous people to confront it, as Nour (Youssef Al-Sharif) is trying hard to achieve his goal regardless of the means, while Dr. Maryam (Nicole Saba) is trying to confront this corruption.

Nour Maryam

2011

Half me.. Half him poster
9.0

A married couple decide to separate after the marriage of their children, as they divide the apartment into two halves by building a wall that separates them. They run into many hilarious situations, that reflect the situation in our society nowadays.

Half me.. Half him

2010

Alf liela w liela - Wardashan w Mando poster
9.0

The story revolves around a fictional framework about Sultan Kahlan, who was deprived of procreation, along with his wife, Qamar Al-Zaman. Minister Shaalan seeks to persuade the Sultan to marry his daughter until she gives birth to the crown prince, until he meets the old witch king, who gives him and his wife an apple to eat and provide the crown prince, and the events continue.

Alf liela w liela - Wardashan w Mando

1986

El Khanka poster
7.0

The series revolves around a teacher called (Amira) working in an international school, who gets harassed by a student, and in her pursuit for her right, she becomes the offender instead of the victim.

El Khanka

2016

Spies War poster
NR

The series revolves around an attempt to recruit a girl named Samia Fahmy (Mena Shalaby) for the Israeli intelligence, but the opposite happens, she informs the Egyptian intelligence and decides to cooperate with them.

Spies War

2009

Natural Disaster poster
8.4

Mohamed and Shrouq's lives are turned upside down due to a rare, unusual pregnancy.

Natural Disaster

2025

غداً تدق الأجراس poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

غداً تدق الأجراس

1987

In the Blink of an Eye poster
NR

Fatma and Nabila are two friends, raised together in an orphanage until they work as supervisors in the same place. Suffering from the cruelty of life, until Nabila discovers that she has a wealthy uncle and goes to see him. On the way, an accident happens and her friend thinks that she died.

In the Blink of an Eye

2013

Legitimate Relationship poster
NR

Amr gets involved in a relationship with Buthaina, his partner Amjad's ex-wife, and is forced to marry her secretly and hide the matter from his first wife, Alia. As things develop, Amr finds himself torn between Amjad, Buthaina, and Alia, and he has to make a difficult decision to face what is happening.

Legitimate Relationship

2023

مسألة كرامة poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

مسألة كرامة

2011

Kawalees poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kawalees

2025