
Acting
Ahlam Al Gritly
Born — Died
1948-02-20 — 2021-02-28
Place of birth
Egypt
Known for
Acting
Credits
59 titles
Ahlam Al Greetly was an Egyptian actress, who waswas born on February 20, 1948. She participated in the series Tales of El Medandesh, and Who Shot Hend Allam?. Rl Greetly also participated in one of the episodes of the series Critical Moments, and Cinderella, and was famous for dubbing animation. She died of a sudden heart attack on February 28, 2021.
Known for
8.2A 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
7.3The Game is a slapstick comedy following two childhood friends, Waseem and Mazo, who along with their families are unwittingly pulled into a game of pranks and challenges orchestrated by a mysterious stranger. Starring fan favourites Hesham Maged, Chico, Moataz El Tony, and Bayoumi Fouad, the series delivers non-stop laughs as the rivalry escalates across five seasons of outrageous schemes, family chaos, and hilarious confrontations.
The Game
2020
NRBwabet El‑Halawani brings to life the human stories behind Egypt’s transformation during the Suez Canal era. Through craftsmen, families, and dreamers caught in political and social upheaval, the series blends history with personal struggle, showing how ambition, sacrifice, and resilience shaped a defining moment in Egypt’s past.
Bwabet Elhalwani
1992
6.0After his release from prison, a conflict flares up when Assaf finds out that his relative Ghofran has married his ex-wife, Jaleela.
Nasl El Aghrab
2021
5.0Taking place during the month of Ramadan in a local neighborhood, where one of the girls tries to disavow her family and her social level. She claims that she is from a wealthy family in order to meet a young man who she falls in love with.
Ramadan Kareem
2017
6.8A social drama that chronicles the life of Al-Prince family, especially Radwan Al-Prince who, following the death of his parents, finds himself involved with his family members as he looks after them and tries to guide them through life.
The Prince
2020
Film credits
2010s · 11 titles
5.4Esmat Abu Shanab (Yasmin Abdul Aziz) is a female police officer who works in an administrative position and tries in various ways to work on field assignments.
Abu Shanab
2016
7.3Based 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
2.9A police officer from Upper Egypt is transferred to Marina, where he runs into some problems. As he tries to prove himself to his boss, he starts to fall for a girl who is his exact opposite in everything.
My Guide Dog
2013
5.1Inspired by the Italian movie Malèna, it has a similar story but is less artistic and lacks a plot. With her husband out of the country. Rouh lives in Bolak El Dakror with her mother-in-law. Rouh's neighbors cause her a lot of problems since several of them desire her and want to pressure her into having an affair. As Rouh pushes back against her neighbors' lust, two of them set her up.
Roh's Beauty
2014
5.4Qamar is a belly dancer who moves into building inhabited by several families. When she moves in, she is bombarded by the husbands' attention. The husbands are Fawzi, a tax authority employee, an Arabic teacher and a singer. Their family lives are disrupted, and their wives attempt to keep their husbands in a comedy setting.
It's Fine
2012
NRThe film depicts the world of drug dealing through showing life in a casino opened by a man as a cover for his drug-dealing business.
Life, Thou Art Wicked
2013
6.6Abdullah's mother tries to convince him to get married, with the help of his friend and partner, Fadi. However, Abdullah has an illicit relationship with the businesswoman, Farida. Meanwhile, the broadcaster, Maryam, falls in love with him and seeks to marry him. His friend, Nadine, tries to win him back as a lover after her separation from her husband, but Abdullah does not care about them because of his love for the Christian girl, Amira.
A Whole One
2011
6.3Living on the edges of Cairo’s Embabah neighborhood, several residents seek to better their circumstances following the January 25 Revolution.
The Republic Of Imbaba
2015
3.3Shadyia 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
NRSayed is a plumber who is in love with Batta. He finds himself in a lot of ironic situations until his daily life is interrupted by a situation that turns his life upside down.
Medical Situation
2014
5.0A comedy about three singers who form a local band, performing in small concerts. In one of their shows in a school, a kidnapping happens and the band is accused of the crime. Situations unfold as the band manager tries to get them out of their dilemma.
%8
2013
2000s · 4 titles
7.0Three sexually-frustrated friends are determined to watch a porno video but have no private place, no VCR, and no TV, so they go on a misadventure in which their group constantly increases, taking on more and more sexually-frustrated people and falling into one mishap after another, all because of the restrictions of society.
A Cultural Film
2000
8.0The events take place in southern Egypt over a period of 20 years between 1948 and 1968, where Adam awaits the right moment to take revenge for the death of his son as he grows consumed by the idea of retaliation amid the bloody events of a village that is isolated from the world.
Adam's Autumn
2002
7.0It was love at first sight between Adel and Nahla,they soon have an affair and Nahla becomes pregnant. But Adel refuses to marry her to correct the situation.
Shabab Take Away
2005
NRThree young men and three girls, with some emotional ties, including a wealthy or middle-class family and one of them rural. They are all involved in opening a fast food restaurant with a loan from the bank. Without justification, the police arrest them. They are released with the assurances of their parents. One of them refuses to marry her boyfriend until she achieves her dream of a restaurant project. The young man returned after her return from work that killed the doorman. In the end, everyone succeeds in realizing their dreams at the beginning of the journey of marriage to each of his beloved.
Were It a Dream
2001
1990s · 2 titles
6.5Hussein is in a state of extreme depression because of the boring routine of work and the pressures of life he faces as an employee, husband and brother, decides to escape from the reality of his work and his family, go out to the street without a goal to know the master who provides a place to stay, and while roaming recognize Naima One of the teams roams the streets and falls in love with her.
Why Does the Sea Laugh
1995
NRMustafa Al-Khashab is an influential businessman with a huge fortune, he's overprotective of his pampered daughter Ghada from anyone who might be after his wealth. She falls in love with Mahmoud, a struggling middle-class university student, and marries him despite her father's objection.
Spicy Falafel
1993
Undated · 1 titles
Series credits
8.2A 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
7.3The Game is a slapstick comedy following two childhood friends, Waseem and Mazo, who along with their families are unwittingly pulled into a game of pranks and challenges orchestrated by a mysterious stranger. Starring fan favourites Hesham Maged, Chico, Moataz El Tony, and Bayoumi Fouad, the series delivers non-stop laughs as the rivalry escalates across five seasons of outrageous schemes, family chaos, and hilarious confrontations.
The Game
2020
NRBwabet El‑Halawani brings to life the human stories behind Egypt’s transformation during the Suez Canal era. Through craftsmen, families, and dreamers caught in political and social upheaval, the series blends history with personal struggle, showing how ambition, sacrifice, and resilience shaped a defining moment in Egypt’s past.
Bwabet Elhalwani
1992
6.0After his release from prison, a conflict flares up when Assaf finds out that his relative Ghofran has married his ex-wife, Jaleela.
Nasl El Aghrab
2021
5.0Taking place during the month of Ramadan in a local neighborhood, where one of the girls tries to disavow her family and her social level. She claims that she is from a wealthy family in order to meet a young man who she falls in love with.
Ramadan Kareem
2017
6.8A social drama that chronicles the life of Al-Prince family, especially Radwan Al-Prince who, following the death of his parents, finds himself involved with his family members as he looks after them and tries to guide them through life.
The Prince
2020
7.0In 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
7.9The 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
NRThe story about the residents of the Yacoubian building and their intertwining lives, including Zaki Al-Dousoky who is in constant conflict with his sister, Dawlat, and Hajj Azzam, who used to be a shoeshiner but became a millionaire thanks to his drug trade.
The Yacoubian Building
2007
8.0Hogan, a young man who lives in a slum, is known for his super strength abilities. He moves cars with his bare hands, twists metal coins with his fingers and he is a popular eater of glass. When he climbs the social ladder, his life changes completely.
Hogan
2019
5.5Hafez Naguib was raised between his mother's sophisticated family, and his father's poor and modest family. When his father gets killed at the time of the English occupation, he swears to take revenge for him and every other persecuted Egyptian citizen, and leads the life of a true patriot.
Horseless Knight
2002
5.5The show tells the story of Baraka, a man coming from South Egypt who lives in Cairo with his mother. With time, he starts borrowing lots money and gets into trouble with prominent people. His mother and his neighbor, who is also his lover, are the only ones who help him.
Baraka
2019
6.0Sukkar, a rural man, suddenly inherits a large fortune from his wealthy uncle who used to live in the United States. As Sukkar discovers that he has to share the inheritance with his cousins, comic situations unfold as Sukkar and his American-raised cousins try to adjust to one another.
Sukkar's Crisis
2010
6.5Cairo Class (Dofa'at Al Qahera) is a 2019 Kuwaiti-Egyptian period drama set in 1950s Egypt. A group of Kuwaiti students — mostly women — travel to Cairo to enrol at Cairo University, embarking on a transformative era of art, open-minded ideas, political currents, and extraordinary love stories. The series follows their individual journeys as they navigate romance, ambition, friendship, and self-discovery against the backdrop of a vibrant and culturally rich Cairo.
Cairo Class
2019
4.5The 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
7.5Mahmoud 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
NRAn Egyptian social comedy series, the events of which take place in separate connected episodes between the families of (Kamal Al-Hamrawi) and (Sayed Al-Akhdar) adjacent to the residence in the same building, and in each episode there is a new comic situation between them that puts the members of the two families in funny situations.
Saken Osady
1995
NRThe events of the series revolve in a dramatic framework around the antiquities trade, its relationship with the mafia, and everything related to the world of this trade through the story of Hassan (Amr Saad), an employee of the Antiquities Authority, after discovering the smuggling and counterfeiting of ancient manuscripts.
Security Situation
2017
8.0The 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
شط إسكندرية
2008
5.5The series depicts the period between the 23rd of July's revolution and the Suez Crisis, through picturing the Jews' Alley and its residents, and how Egypt's political turmoil at the time influenced their daily lives.
Jews Alley
2015
5.6In the context of drama, the work deals with the story of Lu'lu', who dreams of becoming a famous singer and goes through many traumas and troubles during her journey.
Lu'lu'
2020
7.9The series revolves around a young law school graduate Nasser (Mohammed Ramadan) who lives in the Sabbatiyah area, seeking to join the judiciary. In conflicts with a major arms dealer
The Legend
2016
5.0The series follows one of the emperors of Upper Egypt Younis Shehab, who achieves everything he wants from the arms trade to the sale of antiquities, to have influence and power that no one can stop, while his uncles are trying to uncover his truth and that of his mother Fadda after questioning his lineage.
Younis, Son of Fadda
2016
NRThe story of a rural girl named Safia whose father dies and leaves her a great inheritance. Her life takes a turn when a man claiming to be her brother suddenly appears. When he's killed, Safia is accused of the crime, forcing her to go on the run to try to prove her innocence.
Safia's Case
2010
7.0The series tells the story of (Sharbat) who is a divorced seamstress. She lives in a humble area and supports her younger brothers. She then marries a rich fashion designer and events escalate.
Sharbat Louz
2012
6.0The story of the famous businessman, Ahmed Al-Rayyan, who was a source of major controversy during the eighties after he was indicted for Ponzi schemes and sentenced to 23 years in prison.
Al-Rayyan
2011
8.2A mother's journey in search for her son's murderer. The story unfolds between the past, present and even nightmares which gives subtle clues and hints to guide the mother to the murderer.
The Nightmare
2015
NRThe series follows the fierce clash between the corrupt Helmy Askar and his rival Mansour Al-Maghazy who is determined to unravel Helmy's foul deeds, even if he gets imprisoned for it.
Al-Aasr Market
2001
NRYounes is a doctor who decides to run his own business by launching a medical application, only for his new line of work to land him in various hilarious situations.
Younes Ambulance
2020
6.0The events take place in the 1980s, revolving around the life of Hisham. As he returns from the Gulf where he has been working, his life takes a turn when his daughter Gamila gets in an accident with the driver Rady. Gradually, Hisham begins to uncover secrets about his wife, Mariam
Our 80's Nights
2020
8.0Abu-Gabal and his family live a life that puts a lot of stress on him. As a reaction to all the uncomfortable circumstances in which he lives with his family, he starts losing control over himself and this is when life becomes so much tougher for him.
Abu Gabal
2019
8.1Sarah is a girl whose mental development stopped at a very young age. After she slips into a coma that lasts for years, she crosses paths with a dedicated young doctor who decides to wake her up from her coma. When she wakes up, he ends up falling with her, not knowing what he is signing up for.
Sarah
2005
7.0A biography that revolves around the life of Khalil Hassan Khalil, a Political Science professor, in the period before the Egyptian revolution of 1952. The series explores how he suffered from poverty and social injustice and struggled to improve his social status and accomplish his dream of becoming a college professor.
The Homestead
1990
9.0Hekmat, the principal of a school for girls, tries to put her educational theory into effect across all the schools in Alexandria, but she faces a lot of obstacles, both within and without the school, in addition to her personal problems that she struggles to solve.
Conscience of Teacher Hekmat
1991
No synopsis available yet.
ألف ليلة وليلة: الأشكيف وست الملاح
1989
9.3The series tells the story of a hard-working young man, who strives to find a job. When he finally gets a job as an employee in a bank, he becomes the victim of a plot that puts him in prison, causing his mother to die from grief. After he gets out, he changes completely and sets out to take revenge on those who did this to him.
Ayoub
2018
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ser El Arad
1994
9.0The 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
3.0Through three intertwining tales, the series sheds light on the terrorist acts taking place in the Arab region, especially Egypt, through the stories of the terrorist Ramzy, the police officer Adel who faces off against him, and the broadcaster Tarek Kassab who reports the events to the audience.
Al-Qahera : Kabul
2021

