
Acting
Zizi Mostafa
Born — Died
1943-06-02 — 2008-02-12
Place of birth
Cairo, Egypt
Known for
Acting
Credits
70 titles
Zeinab Mostafa Nasr was born in Cairo to an art loving family. As a teenager, she started her acting career on the silver screen in “Bein al-samaa wal-ard i.e. Between Heaven and Earth”. Zizi married to a marine engineer at a young age after having her embroidery diploma and gave him a son and a daughter. She also got married to actor Mohamed Khairy. Later she married actor Yousry Moustafa after their participation in TV series “Eghtial Modarressa i.es. Assassination of a teacher” and “Abyad we eswed i.e. Black and White”. They met later in other TV series “Al-ahbaab wal-masseer i.e. Lovers and destiny”, “Muhammad rassoul al Ensaneya i.e. Muhammad the messenger of humanity” and “Bein al-Sar…
Known for
7.5Ragel We Set Setat follows Adel, a mild‑mannered man constantly overwhelmed by the chaos of living with six outspoken women. Between family drama, comedic misunderstandings, and everyday crises, he navigates marriage, work, and household madness in a fast‑paced sitcom that became one of Egypt’s most iconic comedy staples.
A man and 6 Women
2006
8.2Tamer & Shawkeya follows posh lawyer Tamer who marries Shawkeya, a simple working‑class teacher. Their cultural and social differences lead to hilarious situations as they navigate family expectations, everyday life, and in‑laws in this classic Egyptian comedy of mismatched marriage and domestic chaos.
Tamer & Shawkeya
2006
6.0Set in Alexandria during the 1940s, at the height of the city's cosmopolitan golden age, Zezenia follows Bishr — the son of an Egyptian father and Italian mother — as he navigates a fractured sense of identity torn between East and West. Against a backdrop of World War II, mixed nationalities, and a society on the brink of change, the series is a sweeping portrait of love, belonging, and the soul of a city.
Zezenia
1997
NRTaking place in the vegetable and fruit market, the conflicts within are shown through the story of Sabah, who began her life as a small saleswoman who suffered from poverty and hunger, but she fought through injustice and deprivation until she became one of the top market merchants.
Vegetable Market
2006
7.5In separate episodes, the series deals with the many sides of marital life and the various problems couples face across different classes and social backgrounds, through the story of the couple Mahmoud and Samia.
Tales of a Modern-Day Husband
2003
NRThe biography of King Farouk I of Egypt, the penultimate king of the Muhammad Ali dynasty. Succeeding his father, Fuad I, to the throne, Farouk's reign ended when the Egyptian revolution of 1952 broke out, and he was overthrown and exiled.
King Farouk
2007
Film credits
2000s · 5 titles
NRWhen Shaker Wahba runs for office in a local area, he tries to get on people's good side by fixing a school building that's about to fall down. A group of children and the journalist Nosa try to expose him after he enrolls the children in a language school.
Inch & a Half
2004
5.0Kareem, 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
4.7Three friends from Alexandria singing in the popular Wedding accuse someone of murder and trying to prove his innocence in order to be able to marry his fiancee.
The Beach Loafer
2004
6.4Reda, a young salesperson meets Malak in the railway station who asks him to play the role of her husband before her rich parents who live in Upper Egypt.
At Cairo's Railway Station
2006
6.4Two thieves, Hassan and Sebaey, plan to rob the safe in the Kaitby Fortress in Alexandria, but the police capture Sebaey, who asks Hassan to take care of Nesma, his daughter; if he does this, Sebaey will not say that Hasan conspired in the robbery attempt. Hassan meets Nesma's teacher, Miss Reem, and the two become romantically involved. Miss Reem does not know of Hasan's history.
Thieves in KG2
2002
1990s · 1 titles
1980s · 14 titles
NRNo synopsis available yet.
اثنين على دبوس
1982
7.3Fares, a shoe factory worker, has only one passion in life: football. He lives a humble life in a chaotic neighborhood where he plays street football to increase his income. However, neither his marriage nor his job is stable enough. He goes through a lot of problems due to his lack of self-discipline with his divorced wife and his son.
The Street Player
1983
7.9When Mona marries the seemingly decent police officer Hisham, she finds out there is more into him than what he shows to the people.
The Wife of an Important Man
1988
5.9(Shaaban), a simple employee loves his colleague (Zeinab). The millionaire (Ghatrifi) dies, so his family search for one from his town or any relatives so that they can seize his inheritance. They reach where Shaaban lives, who is from the town of the millionaire. Ghatrifi family make a deal with Shaaban to assume the identity of Ghatrifi relative who lives abroad. Shaaban agrees to the deal for half of the millionaire's wealth.
Shaaban Below Zero
1980
NRNo synopsis available yet.
الطعم والسنارة
1988
4.5The young journalist, Sahar, meets Hussein in London and they return to Egypt, where he meets her father, Asim, the company manager, from whom his twin brother, Sherif, embezzled a large sum of money. After Sherif gets arrested, Hussein tries to sell everything to help him get out of jail.
Who is the Thief Between Us
1984
NRHossam is an accountant at El Mellawany factory, manipulating the accounts with the factory manager Shawki for embezzling the funds, appointing Adel in the factory and discovering the deviation of his friend Hassan. Also in his love is the daughter of the ill-tempered Mellawani Najla Hassan and Shouki are plotting just for refusing to join them in their deviation. Admits himself to save Hossam, but the driver Saadallah reveals a fair innocence after he confesses them. Najla collapses and moves to the hospital. Adl and donate to her with his blood, make sure of the loyalty of his loyalty and marry Adel from his lover.
Poor But Happy
1986
NRThe teacher (Sayed) Arabji lives with his wife (Fakiha) and children, the lottery seller (Shalbia) convinces him to buy a paper from her to try his luck. He earns a thousand pounds, and decides to use it for the adventure. The people of the neighborhood are happy for him, except for Sheikh (Nair), who informs him that the amount will be spent in nightclubs, but the amount is already growing in gambling.
El Arbagy
1983
5.0Mamdouh is married to Wafa, and Morsy is married to Zizi, and they work together in one of the advertising companies. They are famous for their many affairs. Wafaa discovers her husband Mamdouh's betrayal with Nana, an advertising girl and asks for a divorce, as Nafisa tries to get closer to Mamdouh.
Lak Youm Ya Beh
1984
5.9(Laila) An orphan girl living in a room in a house (Zenobia), living in an apartment in the same house three friends (Nour, Issam, Adel), competing (Issam) and (just) to win her love, while (Nour) (Nour) to marry his rich cousin's daughter and his engagement to (Laila), (Laila) serious illness requires surgery, and can (Zenobia) with (Nur), (Essam) ), And (just) the amount of money necessary for the process that succeeds, and finally the danger to Laila.
Farewell to Torment
1981
NRDr. Taliba lives a very stable life with his wife, cousin, children and brother Alaa, the university student. He gets to know Nana, the reckless girl who grew up in a decayed family. He feels that Nana brought joy to his dry life.
Ashra Ala Ashra
1985
NRNagwa, the wife of a wealthy man, visits the clinic of the psychiatrist Sharif, who holds a forged doctorate through Essam, who exploits the situation to blackmail him. Essam agrees with Nagwa to kill her husband and accuse Sharif. Sharif helps her hide her husband's body after killing him. Nagwa falls in love with Sharif, but Essam causes a rift between them.
A Deal With a Woman
1985
NRAfter Abdou inherits his grandfather's house, two men are persistent in their attempts to purchase the house. As they near success, Abdou discovers that a foreign investment company is going to buy the house for a large sum of money.
The Lucky
1984
4.0No synopsis available yet.
شارع السد
1986
1970s · 15 titles
NRNo synopsis available yet.
عبود عبده عبود
1970
NRAs the security services raid the house of a guy with known political hostilities, they arrest his brother when they can't find him, but he escapes them and goes to the house of the journalist Rauof who gives him up to cover up his affair with a prostitute.
The Fugitive
1974
6.0Major's Mahmoud's wife Hoda and their son were killed by a smuggling gang who took revenge on Mahmoud when he arrested some of their members. Mahmoud resigns and decides to search for the perpetrators himself. He kills two of them and goes to jail where he meets Hassan, one of the gang members.
Let me avenge
1979
7.2Rescue police receives a report on the killing of a leftist journalist in her apartment. The prosecutor moves to the scene of the incident and tries to reach the murderer.
Visitor at Dawn
1975
5.5A government employee named Karim has two beautiful daughters whom he raised well. They are (Karima) and (Hoda). Karima does not care about anything except her clothes and adornments. She hesitates about love and marriage between two people: (Kamal), the wealthy, frivolous young man, and her cousin, the engineer (Ahmed), the ambitious, struggling young man. She pays dearly for her hesitation. Her sister (Hoda) determined the course of her life from the beginning, so she chose to marry her other cousin and start their life together from scratch, a life based on love and familiarity between them.
The Mirror
1970
4.5Antar, the poor garbageman, falls in love with the daughter of a prominent lawyer, who is a resident at one of the buildings he's working in. Thinking that she's a maid, he proposes to her but her father insults him and throws him out. Antar decides to take revenge in his own way.
Beware, Gentlemen
1978
5.0Gasser, who works in one of the quarries, goes to the prostitute Hamida who falls in love with him. Metwally, who works with Gasser in the quarry, loves her, which leads the two men onto a dangerous path.
A Woman and a Man
1971
NRThe lives of a group of girls who depart from the strict world of school to the open world of college
College Girls
1971
5.0Two brothers with a rich uncle, who love his two daughters, Faiza and Faouia, are deaf. The father loses all his wealth and the two brothers become poor, pushing Hamed with his sister to Rushdie while traveling abroad in order to obtain a doctorate. A relationship between (Rushdie) and (Suhair), a faithful (faithful) nurse, will arise that appears sinful at its beginning, but (Rushdie) can wake up to his senses and return to his senses.
Then the sun rises
1971
NRAbduljawad is separated from his wife Iglal, and he left her with their children Hashim and Samira. Hussein proposes to Samira, but when Hussein's father insists on meeting Abduljawad, she turns to her brother Hashim, to persuade their father to go and see Igalal who still loves him.
Ehtaressy Min El Regal ya Mama
1975
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Boy, Girl And the Devil
1971
NRMahmoud 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
NRA poor man starts working in a casino and gets bedazzled by the rich people he sees. As he takes his family to show them the casino after hours, they get arrested for breaking into the casino.
Forbidden Photos: First Story (Forbidden)
1972
NREngineer Sameh loses his sight, his wife, Salwa, goes to his manager to rush him to sign his travel documents for treatment abroad. She gives in to him to save her husband. When her husband regains his sight, the manager's mistress tries to seduce him.
The Most Honorable Sinner
1973
NRFathallah, the businessman, seeks to make a deal with Jaafar, who suffers from not having children, which causes him to deal with anyone who has a wife or pregnant.
Born in Lost Time
1977
1960s · 11 titles
8.0Hoda, a student in a boarding school, is neglected by her father at the behest of his wife. On her vacation, she spends time with her father. Her stepmother and her daughter, Sanaa, treat her badly. When Sanaa's fiancé Farid sees Hoda, he falls for her, as he feels that Sanaa is a reckless girl.
The Headmaster Woman
1968
6.210 years after Fahmy died, Ahmed Abdel Gawad returned to his normal life. He falls for Zanouba who is in love with his son Yassin. As Zanouba marries Yassin, Kamal's idealism is compromised when Aida abandons him for a wealthy guy.
Mansion of Longing
1966
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Girls' Secrets
1969
7.4Nada meets the pilot officer Adel at a party with her liberal colleague Safaa, and goes out with him in the plane he is piloting. She is absent from school, which causes her problems as the headmistress informs the mother of her daughter’s absence. Adel proposes to her, but her family refuses her marriage to the officer and forces her to get engaged to... Her cousin after insulting and beating her.
Teenagers
1960
8.0A coming of age story about a dreamy girl.
Schoolgirl's notes
1962
6.7Abbas, a resident of Cairo, is appointed by the government to hold the office of supervisor in a post office in a small village in Upper Egypt.
The Postman
1968
8.0A biography about the iconic singer and composer Sayed Darwish, from his childhood in Alexandria until his sudden death on the day Saad Zaghloul returned from exile, reviewing the important milestones in his life and his most famous tunes and songs.
Sayed Darwish
1966
NRSalama falls into the clutches of a criminal who falsifies securities, as his financial condition is difficult. He makes a great fortune. He withdraws from the life of his cousin, who loves him, because he cannot confront her, as she represents his honorable past for him.
Night’s Doors
1969
NRNo synopsis available yet.
دنيا البنات
1962
7.5Kamal is a thief who finds a broken watch among his stolen items so he puts it aside. It turns out that the watch contains hypersensitive microfilm about military sites, and he becomes followed by the police and the spies who want the watch.
El Nashal
1963
7.0A sick doctor is admitted to an isolated sanatorium located in the middle of a desolate desert. As a patient, he becomes aware of the discrepancy that exists between the conditions of the privileged patients, who are well-treated, and the poor ones, who particularly suffer from a lack of water. With the help of the doctor, the poor patients rebel and undertake to restore justice and order in the hospital.
The Rebels
1968
1950s · 2 titles
8.6In the blasting heat of a Friday afternoon in Cairo, a group of people – among them a movie star, a thief, a madman, a cook and a pregnant woman – find themselves trapped in an elevator for 12 hours.
Between Heaven and Earth
1959
7.0Ismail El Ghandoor works as a stuntman and a small time actor in movies. He falls in love with a young belly dancer, Soheir who dreams of being the wife of a pilot. Ismail dresses up in his brother Hussein’s clothes as a pilot in the force while his brother is away on his honeymoon. When Hussein returns the truth is revealed, and each of them goes back to his real job. Will Soheir accept the real Ismail or will she continue to pursue her dream of marrying a pilot?
Ismail Yassine in the Air Force
1959
Series credits
7.5Ragel We Set Setat follows Adel, a mild‑mannered man constantly overwhelmed by the chaos of living with six outspoken women. Between family drama, comedic misunderstandings, and everyday crises, he navigates marriage, work, and household madness in a fast‑paced sitcom that became one of Egypt’s most iconic comedy staples.
A man and 6 Women
2006
8.2Tamer & Shawkeya follows posh lawyer Tamer who marries Shawkeya, a simple working‑class teacher. Their cultural and social differences lead to hilarious situations as they navigate family expectations, everyday life, and in‑laws in this classic Egyptian comedy of mismatched marriage and domestic chaos.
Tamer & Shawkeya
2006
6.0Set in Alexandria during the 1940s, at the height of the city's cosmopolitan golden age, Zezenia follows Bishr — the son of an Egyptian father and Italian mother — as he navigates a fractured sense of identity torn between East and West. Against a backdrop of World War II, mixed nationalities, and a society on the brink of change, the series is a sweeping portrait of love, belonging, and the soul of a city.
Zezenia
1997
NRTaking place in the vegetable and fruit market, the conflicts within are shown through the story of Sabah, who began her life as a small saleswoman who suffered from poverty and hunger, but she fought through injustice and deprivation until she became one of the top market merchants.
Vegetable Market
2006
7.5In separate episodes, the series deals with the many sides of marital life and the various problems couples face across different classes and social backgrounds, through the story of the couple Mahmoud and Samia.
Tales of a Modern-Day Husband
2003
NRThe biography of King Farouk I of Egypt, the penultimate king of the Muhammad Ali dynasty. Succeeding his father, Fuad I, to the throne, Farouk's reign ended when the Egyptian revolution of 1952 broke out, and he was overthrown and exiled.
King Farouk
2007
8.0The events revolve around Dr. Abla and her colleagues, Dr. Hanan and Nurse Samiha. On the way back from the hospital after an operation, they get chased by three drunken guys, who kidnap them at gunpoint, rape them, and then escape, which turns the three women's lives upside down.
A Public Opinion Case
2007
NRNo synopsis available yet.
شخلول
2006
7.0A drama consisting of several separate episodes, each episode discusses a different issue of men and women and their relationship with each other.
He and She Stories
1985
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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
أحزان مريم
2006
No synopsis available yet.
الشوارع الخلفية
1979
NRA social comedy series that tells the story of a conman, Nadim Bahns, and his partner Makram. Nadim justifies his scams by claiming that he's an artist, who has a skill that not many people possess.
When the Fox Passed By
1999
8.0After 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
NRAfter the father, Abdo, passes sixty, he retires from his job. He starts discovering new things about his four children, while his children realize that they've drifted away from their father, and that they'll always need him like he needs them.
My Dear Children, Thank You
1979
NRThe series portrays the life of Hayat Al-Gohary, a virtuous woman who doesn't tolerate bribery. However, when she undergoes great pressure to force her to act against her morals in order to save her husband, things escalate. Will she succumb to temptation?
Hayat El-Gohari
1997
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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
ثلاثة في قطار
1982
NRNo synopsis available yet.
بريء في ورطة
1997
NRNo synopsis available yet.
اوقات خادعة
1999
NRDunia, a young girl filled with dreams, faces adversity after her father's death. She sacrifices her education for her family, marries a poor man, and endures life's hardships. When she witnesses a murder, a moral dilemma unfolds. Will she find the courage to speak the truth and uphold her honor?
Word Of Honor
2008
NRNo synopsis available yet.
دنيا بنت دنيا
1973

