
Acting
Mohamed Farid
Born — Died
1940-12-24 — 2023-09-30
Place of birth
Bani Swaif, Egypt
Known for
Acting
Credits
61 titles
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
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
7.0Al-Gama'a is an Egyptian television drama, Historical and Political drama series written by Wahid Hamid, directed by Mohammed Yasin and produced by Kamel Abu Ali. The series began filming in January 2010 with a budget of 50 million Egyptian pounds. The show deals with the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest Islamist political group, which was officially banned but nonetheless tolerated to an extent before the revolution. Critics have decried the show's pro-government stance, charging that it plays into the Egyptian government's agenda prior to the 2010 Egyptian parliamentary elections.
Al-Gama'a
2010
NRDr. Layla Sallam, freshly healing from two tumultuous marriages, finds herself drawn to Omar, a complex patient battling mental illness. As their bond deepens—blurring lines between love and healing—Omar's quest for truth challenges Layla to confront her own demons.
Hekayat Beneeshha
2009
10.0A social drama about a woman and her daughter who travel from their city of Mansoura to Al-Kom Al-Akhdar in Shebin El-Kom. On their journey, they meet the conscript (Saber), and many miserable aspects and the deterioration of social and economic life occur during that period.
The Caboose
1990
4.5A 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
Film credits
2010s · 3 titles
8.0Two lonely people at opposite chapters of life accidentally meet on a busy summer day in a Cairo taxi. Frail old Shawky and bubbly young Doaa are both caught up in their busy routines as their race through the city evolves into a journey of self-discovery that reconnects them to life.
Dry Hot Summers
2016
6.0Hatred generated from an early age between on and Yusuf, ended the first rings migration on to Ukraine and Prison Joseph on his hands in Egypt, and in Ukraine set to allow wife to and Habiba Joseph preceding her newborn son, and works with drug dealers and run away with money to an unknown location, and Joseph travels to Turkey to work in the drug trade, even above the star and Ahlgreman meet again, to finish the story, one of them killed.
The Dealer
2010
6.7Following 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
2000s · 2 titles
6.3Heba is a TV presenter interested in broadcasting stories that touch on the everyday secret lives of women and the social injustices they face. Her frank style in broadcasting puts her husband's job and consequently her marriage in jeopardy.
Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story
2009
NRThe elderly millionaire Shaker feels that his end is near during his treatment in Germany, and he tries to search for his daughter, whom he had from an illegitimate relationship. Hamido takes advantage of this opportunity and introduces Manal as his lost daughter.
Ragol Laho Maddi
2000
1990s · 5 titles
NRA reformed thief works for a fruit shop owner; at the behest of a wealthy, famous businessman, the owner attempts to exploit the thief to steal a box from the home of a woman living alone.
Abu Qalb Dahab
1993
NRA huge fortune suddenly descends on Taher, making him suspicious and mistrustful of everyone who approaches him, especially his wife and his sister, fearing that they want to exploit him.
Jaws Family
1997
3.0The police follow the activity of a robbery and pickpocketing gang led by the professor, and his daughter shares with him emotions at work, and Lieutenant-Colonel Salah, who is in charge of arresting this gang, who suffers from the power of his wealthy wife, who gets rid of her through divorce, is freed from her chains, but falls in love with the emotions of the pickpocket and marries her in the hope of revealing the hellish methods For the gang in thefts.
The devil who loved me
1990
6.5In a small village, when rumors spread about the arrival of a train with the president and his American guest onboard, the village is completely transformed to host them properly, which brings the rampant corruption and hypocrisy to the surface.
The President's Visit
1994
NROn the Cairo-Suez desert road, a car suddenly stops and its driver calls for help from passersby after suffering a heart attack. Some of the car passengers gather around him and he confesses to them that he buried a treasure of two million dollars in Wadi Al-Raha in Sinai, and everyone competes to obtain this treasure.
Maganeen Ala Al-Tareeq
1991
1980s · 9 titles
The events revolve around a family trying to collect their inheritance. When they meet, strange situations occur and suspicion prevails, as each of them believes that there is someone who wants to seize the inheritance alone.
8 X Al Hawa
1985
6.0A wrongfully convicted man falls in love with his fellow inmate. They decide to get married after their release and seek revenge on a corrupt businessman.
Love in a Jail Cell
1983
6.0Director: Esam Al-Sayyed (Director) Mohamed Shaker (Director) Writer: Hamdy Abbas (Writer) Cast: Samy Maghawry Saeed Al Saleh Rawia Saleh Magdy Kamel George Sedhom Hala Fakher (more)
8 in the Air
1980
5.5A group of football team supporters go through a lot of trouble to watch the games while the management headed by Captain Aouf are reaping benefits effortlessly. To calm their rage Sorour is appointed as their representative in the council only to unravel their scam further, so they continue their revolt.
The Third Class
1988
6.4Khasosi is a simple man working at his cousin's company, who doesn't feel his love. When he discovers embezzlement by the assistant manager, the contractor Mossaad, he spreads news that he killed himself and returns as a terrifying character called Al-khut to reveal Mossaad's schemes.
Watch Out for Al Khett
1984
NRSome unemployed addicts kidnap the girl Safaa and take her to a remote place. After they gang-rape her, her fiancé Mokhtar manages to bring her home and her father reports the crime to the police.
The Rapists
1989
NRA government casino is exposed to financial losses due to the public's reluctance to attend its sessions, so two of its employees invent the idea of attracting an oriental dancer to attract the audience. to a major financial crisis.
Public Sector Dancer
1985
NRDr. Hala is offered a lucrative deal to rent out her clinic, and she agrees. She begins enjoying her new life of financial comfort, until boredom and emptiness slowly creep back into her world.
The Life of a Modern Woman
1987
NRA rich man suggests that a group of people living in a pension play a game in which they fast for 6 days in order to receive a sum of money according to the following calculation: 6 days of fasting equal 10 thousand pounds, 5 days equal 6 thousand pounds, 4 days equal 4 thousand pounds, 3 days equal 2 thousand pounds, 2 days equal 1 thousand pounds, and one day equal nothing.
With What Is Money Bought
1983
1970s · 5 titles
7.8Shousha El-Sakka, fears death because it took his wife. He meets with Shehata, and later knows that he is an undertaker assistant and he becomes pessimistic of him ,but when Shehata dies, Shousha is saddened by his passing.
The Water-Carrier Is Dead
1977
6.2As Magdy leaves Upper Egypt for a job, he befriends the playboy Sami who impresses him with his many relationships. After a chance meeting with Hanan, Magdy asks for Sami's help to get close to her, something that Sami is happy to provide and support with previous experiences.
Searching for a Scandal
1973
8.0Professor Farid wants to perform scruff surgery to increase human intelligence. After his experiments on mice have succeeded, he picked a man to conduct his experiments on. At first it works, but then the man relapses, and becomes stupidier than he originally was. The failed experiment made Professor Farid understands that intelligence can only be cultivated with love, not with surgical intervention.
Lesson Is Over, Idiot
1975
NRHosni heads a dangerous gang, forcing him to leave his daughter Madiha with her uncle in order to see her, Tawfiq. Hosni's behavior changes and he behaves abhorred, but when he returns to see his daughter another change occurs, she gives him moments of tenderness and warmth that he misses, so he decides to migrate that gang and repent, and he proposes a sermon in praise, but the gang will not leave him alone.
sons for sale
1973
NRIman is the daughter of the businessman Gasser, both Ashraf and Sami are in love with her. Her father agrees to her engagement from Sami. A month before the wedding, she loses her virginity with Sami, and he dies in a car accident. Iman falls apart and Ashraf proposes to her.
He That Is Without Sin
1978
Undated · 2 titles
The employee Bassioni is referred to the pension, and the young Sami then comes forward to ask for his daughter's hand congratulations, and Bassiouni agrees to get married, and begins to prepare the marital home, and from here his troubles begin.
The last document
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Arif, the general manager, lives with his wife and son and decides to resign to fulfill an old dream. His wife gets angry and asks him to hold on to the job that brings them a lot of money without any interest in his own dreams and ambitions
Suppose
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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
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
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
7.0Al-Gama'a is an Egyptian television drama, Historical and Political drama series written by Wahid Hamid, directed by Mohammed Yasin and produced by Kamel Abu Ali. The series began filming in January 2010 with a budget of 50 million Egyptian pounds. The show deals with the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest Islamist political group, which was officially banned but nonetheless tolerated to an extent before the revolution. Critics have decried the show's pro-government stance, charging that it plays into the Egyptian government's agenda prior to the 2010 Egyptian parliamentary elections.
Al-Gama'a
2010
NRDr. Layla Sallam, freshly healing from two tumultuous marriages, finds herself drawn to Omar, a complex patient battling mental illness. As their bond deepens—blurring lines between love and healing—Omar's quest for truth challenges Layla to confront her own demons.
Hekayat Beneeshha
2009
10.0A social drama about a woman and her daughter who travel from their city of Mansoura to Al-Kom Al-Akhdar in Shebin El-Kom. On their journey, they meet the conscript (Saber), and many miserable aspects and the deterioration of social and economic life occur during that period.
The Caboose
1990
4.5A 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
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
NRMahmoud works in the port of Alexandria and gets close to Adnan Fakhouri, the wealthy businessman, and marries his sister. After his ships and companies get nationalized by the 1952 July revolution, Mahmoud and his brothers travel to America and then return in the era of Sadat.
Mahmoud Al-Masri
2004
NRThe series depicts the issue of how young girls are married off to much older men in rural Egypt, through the story of Abdel Qawy, an old man who marries multiple minors, and the conflict between him and those who oppose him, including Etr and Attiat.
The Minors
2013
7.0The story of the Al-Agaty family that consists of a mother and her two sons, one of whom is a police officer who faces a lot of problems as a result of his violent behavior, while the other son is a young revolutionary leftist often at odds with his brother and his family.
Heatwave
2013
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
9.5The series revolves around the two brothers Hafez and Shawqi, the sons of Haj Radwan, whose life paths are completely different, while Shawky indulges in the life of fun and luxury, his brother Hafez is busy working in trade with his father, and begins signs of conflict between them on several levels, and at the same time Hafez marries Dolat, and Shawky from Zainab, to ignite the ground of a new conflict.
The Honey and The Tears
1983
NRThe series depicts the corruption rooted in Egyptian society prior to the revolution, through the portrayal of a shrewd businessman and his connection to important statesmen.
Brothers But Enemies
2012
7.5An aspiring artist tries to make it, facing numerous difficulties both personally and professionally throughout her life, since her persecuted childhood and adolescence as a girl living in a rural area.
My Way
2015
NRNo synopsis available yet.
ألف ليلة وليلة: علي بابا والأربعين حرامي
1995
Karima is a housewife, who works more than one job to support her family. After her husband dies, she discovers that he was married to another woman and that he has saved a huge fortune. So, she gets a large share of this money and turns into a stingy woman.
Karima .. Karima
2009
NRThis series revolves around the story of a wealthy man (Yahya Fakharani) and his three daughters. The father decides to distribute his fortune among his daughters, but things become complicated when it is revealed that he committed a grave mistake. As a result, the daughters begin to reject their father, each of them going after his inheritance.
Wonder
2014
7.4Set 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
Mohsen Al-Asafiry is a good young man who is looking for a job. But whenever he gets a job, he ends up getting fired for doing a mistake in good faith that the employers will not accept. As his brother-in-law gets him a job at an influential businessman, he repeats his usual mistakes.
Jack of All Trades
1979
7.7The 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
1.0Salem falls into the trap of greed when he finds a treasure in a well in the seabed, and soon his life changes and flees from his country, and soon he returns to the past to haunt him while everyone tries to reach him to obtain their right to the treasure.
The sea said
1982
NRAli Baba and the forty thieves are one of the most famous stories and characters with eastern features, and it is one of the well known fairy tales that inspired writers and artists around the world. The story revolves around a simple Arab lumberjack named Ali Baba who accidentally hears the password that opens the door of the cave in which a gang of thieves hide their treasures. Thanks to the password, open Sesame, Ali Baba managed to obtain the treasures hidden in the cave, and his name became a sign of thievery throughout the world.
One Thousand and One Nights: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1995
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ser El Arad
1994
6.2Ahmed 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
NRMr. Abo El-Ela El-Beshry carries a lot of good values for a life that is close to the utopian city. When he retires, he decides to live his life helping his relatives after he adopts the daughter of a friend from work and goes to Cairo.
Mr. Abo El-Ela El-Beshry's Journey
1986
NRNo synopsis available yet.
حكاية الدكتور مسعود
1979
7.0After his appointment as general manager of financial and administrative affairs, Abd al-Baqi al-Jawhari (Hassan Abdin) discovers a lot of manipulation in connection with the project (Tohme) village that is supervised by the Bahrawi Governorate, and when he seeks to reveal what he knew, the project beneficiaries fabricate the charge of embezzlement of Abd al-Baqi, and he enters prison From here, his daughter Widad (Firdous Abdel Hamid) cooperates with Bashir Abu Al-Saad (Mahmoud Al-Jundi) to prove her father's innocence, but they discover that the game is bigger than they imagined.
Dad, You, & I in Dismay
1989
NRThe series revolves around the Egyptian pharaonic heritage and examines the social situation in Egypt during the period of conflict that is the 1950s, during which the Egyptians united against the British and the family of Muhammad Ali, until the 1952 revolution broke out to save the country.
The Pasha's House
2010
NRMunira falls in love with Sayed who works as a driver for her family. Her family forces her to marry someone else, and Sayed marries his cousin, Amina, who gives him money and he becomes a businessman. He divorces Amina and meets a woman whose family can help him with his projects.
Years of Misery and Love
1998
NRSet in the 1940s; the story of Abd Rabbo, the irrigation inspector who arrives in Al-Sayed village in Upper Egypt, where he meets Master Fadloun, who controls everything, even the people. Abd Rabo begins recording his life in the village, writing about its people and the mysterious Fadloun.
Our Master, Al Sayed
2012
NRGhawayesh is a simple girl from Tanta who sells embellished women's jewelry. She travels to a village in Upper Egypt and meets Hassanein, the educated young man whose older brother, Mualla, is the arrogant and cruel mayor. Events take a turn when Hassanein falls for Ghawayesh.
Ghawayesh
1986
No synopsis available yet.
Stories of Mr. Ayoub and Mrs. Inayat
1996
NRNo synopsis available yet.
قط وفار فايف ستار
2000
NRWhen Officer Shukri Abdel Aal refuses to shoot the protestors against the English occupation, he is forced to retire as punishment. He gets his job back after a while, only for history to repeat itself when Shukri finds himself facing orders to shoot at students marching in a protest.
Backstreets
2011
