
Acting
Maha Abou Ouf
Born — Died
1956-11-28 — 2022-01-06
Place of birth
Cairo, Egypt
Known for
Acting
Credits
58 titles
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
6.5The series of stories of girls in a romantic comedy about the lives of 4 girls, including friendship, love and success at work.
Girls' Tales
2012
6.2Each of the episodes in this series discusses a different topic in this comedy drama.
Unstable Mind
2017
7.0Leh Laa?! is a female-led Egyptian anthology drama that stands out for its candid exploration of women’s autonomy and social constraints. The first season follows Alia, a privileged young woman who breaks away from a controlling mother and an arranged marriage to define her own path. Each subsequent season introduces a new story — from adoption to divorce — combining emotional realism with sharp, contemporary social commentary. Featuring Amina Khalil, Menna Shalaby and Nelly Karim.
Leh Laa?!
2020
10.0The series discusses the character of Hamada Ezzo, the reckless polygamous man. He's unable to take responsibility,because of his mother's excessive spoiling. He's confronted with the reality of life and its problems as he gets older, while his cousin Nawal tries to make him an organized person.
Raised in His Wealth
2007
NRThrough the story of an island that a businessman is trying to seize, the series presents many social problems facing the young generation like the lack of job opportunities and spinsterhood, in addition to persistent thorny issues such as patronage, corruption and the exploitation of influence.
Heema - Days of Laughter and Tears
2008
Film credits
2010s · 12 titles
7.6A meeting with a new inmate in the psychiatric hospital flips Dr. Yehia's life upside down. She prophecies that the death of his entire family is only three days away.
The Blue Elephant 2
2019
6.8Three estranged childhood friends (Omar, Ramy, Jay), travel on a road trip from Abu Dhabi to Beirut in memory of their lost friend. If what happens en route doesn't make them crazy, it might just bring them closer.
From A to B
2015
4.0Ibrahim is a creative advertising professional who is extremely boring and reserved. As he embarks on a journey to win over his son who seems to prefer his stepfather, Ibrahim seizes the chance when he goes on a business trip to film an ad campaign titled “live your life!" to get close to his son.
Live Your Life
2019
4.5The film revolves around Sorour, a businessman who loves a girl called Hannah, but gets involved with a gang and has to run away from them.
The Night of Hana and Sorour
2018
4.5Omar marries Nesma despite her father's objection. After the wedding ceremony, they're attacked by unknown men. During her escape, Nesma is injured. Awakening from a coma, she refuses to see Omar because she doesn't feel safe with him. He goes to a psychiatrist to help him solve the problem.
Wannabe Courageous
2019
NRA psychologist conducts a study on a group of corrupt ministers to uncover the psychological reasons that led them to this path. As she follows the different stages of their lives and the events that followed their appointment to office, unexpected events turn everyone's lives upside down.
After the Flood
2013
6.2When businessman Sherif (Ahmed Ezz) reports his wife's Sara (Ruby) mysterious disappearance to the police, investigation led by officer (Mohamed Ragab) reveals conflicting testimonies and the possibility of a very sinister abduction.
The Party
2013
5.0Omar is trying to reclaim the inheritance of his father from his uncle. He uses his colleague Rauof, who turns out to be a crook and then flees to Lebanon and Omar goes to jail. Lina the Lebanese girl falls in love with Raouf, and they agree to marry, but he escapes to Cairo.
Misunderstanding
2015
4.5Hazem is a spoilt young man and a womaniser who takes advantage of his father's wealth to know more and more girls and stays away of commitment. When his father discovers what Hazem is doing, he starts to look for an appropriate wife for his son. Salma, is the lucky candidate who is desperately trying to change her husband's behaviour.
Marital Cheating
2012
4.4The film revolves around a romantic romantic comedy in which Doctor Hazem (Ahmed El Sakka), a gynecologist who is concerned with his unique decorator (Dora), is stunned by his inability to conceive and has to resort to vaginal injection.
Papa
2012
4.6The film revolves around "young" are forced to lie at the beginning of his life as a result of the difficult conditions experienced by the passage of time believe everyone lie, can not undo, and despite his work as an employee in the private sector but that correspond with a number of government agencies demanding to resolve a number of crises public such as "bread" and "unemployment" and "housing crisis" and occur after a surprise and become famous.
El Rajul El Ghamid Bisalamatoh
2010
8.0A love story that combines an advertising director and fashion designer, but an unexpected event that turns events upside down, which threatens this love.
Kazanova
2019
2000s · 8 titles
7.4Ahla el-Awqat (The Best of Times) tells the story of a successful middle-aged woman (Salma, played by Hanan Tork) who is left to live with her step father after a not-so-tragic accident that claims the life of her mother. Salma goes on a quest to find out the identity of the sender of mystery letters and packages. One letter includes a picture of her and her two best friends from school (played by the Hend Sabry and Menna Shalaby), whom she has not seen for 14 years. Reunited, the girls embark on the quest of finding the identity of the sender.
Best Times
2004
5.5A Naval Academy student falls hopelessly in love with a woman who only sees him as a friend until a risky voyage sets them on a different path.
Prince of the Seas
2009
5.8Al-Qarmouty owns a coffee shop in Nazlet El-Semman. When he sends his son, Wahid, to Baghdad to deliver a mango shipment to his friend Abu Adnan, he gets arrested for criticizing Saddam Hussein. As the US forces prepare to attack Iraq, Al-Qarmouty has to go to Iraq to find his son.
Ma'lesh Ehna Bnetbahdel
2005
7.0Zay el naharda is a movie starring Basma, Rania Chahine, and Mahmoud El-Bezzawy. History literally repeats itself when May meets and falls in love with a passionate young actor, only months after the tragic death of her first fiancée. All the 'signs' suggest her new lover will meet the same fate.
On A Day Like Today
2008
6.0The story of a broken up family in which the father and the oldest son live in Europe while the mother and the younger son live in Egypt. The older brother decides to travel back to Egypt to know his family better.
In Love
2004
NRTaha works delivering vegetables to restaurants and loves his neighbor Somaya, whose mother opposes her marriage to a poor man. They get engaged and they rent a small room, but the owner of the house decides to demolish it and sell the land. Raafat convinces him to pay him a sum of money to convince the residents to leave. When Somaya learns about this, she decides to find a solution to their problem.
Bird's Nest
2001
NRAkram is a perfectionist wedding photographer who dreams of finding Miss Right. He indeed finds her in the unlikeliest of places: her wedding ceremony.
From First Sight
2004
5.0The story of four expatriate students who share a room in college, then an apartment after graduating from media department, and moving to work in the field of journalism, and what they go through during these stages in their personal and professional lives.
City of Girls
2008
1980s · 5 titles
7.2The film that established Abdel Sayed as a pioneer of New Realism in Egyptian cinema tells the story of two friends who rose from the bottom to the top of society through suspicious dealmaking, in a story full of love, anger, and betrayal.
The Vagabonds
1985
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Mamnue liltalaba
1984
7.2Ibraham the industrious student fall in love with his colleague Khayriyah and she also fall in love with him, but the rich student Hani admire her. Ibrahim is trying to hide his social level because he is afraid to lose Khayriyah, and telling everybody that he is from a wealthy family, will Khayriyah find the truth someday ?.
I'm Not Lying, I'm Sugar Coating
1981
NRIn a social and comedic context, the film deals with the problems and difficulties facing couples, and the changes that occur in the marital relationship between the beautiful romantic beginnings and the difficulty of real life after a period of marriage.
love school
1988
6.0Saif is a famous TV anchor who has a friendship with director Mahmoud who always solves Saif's problems with his fiancée Hind, one of his fans. Mahmoud discovers that Suad works under different names in many places and steals and escapes.
Almagnoona
1985
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
6.5The series of stories of girls in a romantic comedy about the lives of 4 girls, including friendship, love and success at work.
Girls' Tales
2012
6.2Each of the episodes in this series discusses a different topic in this comedy drama.
Unstable Mind
2017
7.0Leh Laa?! is a female-led Egyptian anthology drama that stands out for its candid exploration of women’s autonomy and social constraints. The first season follows Alia, a privileged young woman who breaks away from a controlling mother and an arranged marriage to define her own path. Each subsequent season introduces a new story — from adoption to divorce — combining emotional realism with sharp, contemporary social commentary. Featuring Amina Khalil, Menna Shalaby and Nelly Karim.
Leh Laa?!
2020
10.0The series discusses the character of Hamada Ezzo, the reckless polygamous man. He's unable to take responsibility,because of his mother's excessive spoiling. He's confronted with the reality of life and its problems as he gets older, while his cousin Nawal tries to make him an organized person.
Raised in His Wealth
2007
NRThrough the story of an island that a businessman is trying to seize, the series presents many social problems facing the young generation like the lack of job opportunities and spinsterhood, in addition to persistent thorny issues such as patronage, corruption and the exploitation of influence.
Heema - Days of Laughter and Tears
2008
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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
ألف ليلة وليلة
1984
8.0This comedy series tells the story of Nader, an ex-ambassador, who decides to leave the political field and start his own restaurant in a tourist hotspot where he cooks the meals himself.
Family Size
2018
NRHerbert Doperfield is desperate after his brother and his brother in law die during the Second World War, he regains hope again when he goes to Sudan and embraces Islam and changes his name to Abdul Kader. He then moves to Upper Egypt and falls in love with a girl from the big families there.
Abdul Kader the Foreigner
2012
7.0A family consisting of a mother, two sons and three daughters move to a new home just a year after the father's death. The series shows the relationships between them and outside their surroundings, the stories and the situations they face.
The Sun Will Never Set
2017
7.5A young man, in love with a girl, is forced to travel abroad in search of a job. But he enters the world of the mafia and the arms trade, which makes him go to jail in Russia, he succeeds in escaping him and returns to Egypt, but he couldn't escape the world of the Mafia.
Over the Clouds
2018
7.0The twin brothers Shawqy and Zika wish to change their lives for the better, as Shawqy wants to become an actor and Zika a singer. They pursue their lovers and their dreams, but their job as garbage men stands in the way. All while Mamado, the leader of Zambizy, learns he has twin children in Egypt.
Two in the Box
2020
NRNo synopsis available yet.
El-Cinderella
2006
NRThe series follows a young man named Abouda who is facing many financial difficulties in life and is unable to prepare his marital apartment, until he suddenly finds himself coming into a great fortune.
Abouda Is a Trademark
2009
NRAs a senior at the AUC prepares his graduation project about street children, he meets a homeless girl who offers him a unique insight into the lives and problems of street children, and the factors that made them what they are.
Homeless Kids
2006
NRWhen a flight attendant faces an unpleasant problem, she decides to avenge, but as luck would have it, her situation gets even worse when she is accused of hijacking a plane. Has she hijacked it in retaliation? Or is it just a scheme against her?
Ground/Air
2017
8.0When a happily married Egyptian man and an American widow are both cheated by the devil, with devastating consequences, they join forces and set out to beat Iblis at his own game.
The Devil's Promise
2022
5.0Set in Upper Egypt, the series follows Rouh, a girl connected to the world of Jinn and demons, who stirs a lot of trouble and tension between the locals with her spells.
The Witch of the South
2015
8.0After her husband's passing, engineer Faten lives with her two kids, Farah and Tamer, and her father. She is being chased by her husband's cousin who wants to marry her, which causes her a lot of trouble, in addition to her kid's issues. Will Faten be able to put her life in order?
Where Is My Heart
2002
NRYoussef Zahran, a psychiatrist, treats all depression problems, as well as solves many of his mother's and father's crises.
The Circle
2021
NRThe story revolves around a businessman who does many bad deeds and loses his memory after an accident, while his family thinks that he died. He ends up in a simple neighborhood where its people help him go on with his life. Till his family finds out that he's still alive, and trying to recover his memory.
The Other Man
1999
NRAsia (Mona Zaki) works in painting and fine arts. She always fights with her husband, making it impossible for them to communicate. Asia gets into an accident that causes her to lose her memory, which changes her life completely. She starts working at a nightclub as a dancer.
Asia
2013
NRNo synopsis available yet.
أمس لا يموت
2004
7.0The story revolves around an Arabic school teacher who is admired by his students. When his son is assaulted by some spoiled teenagers at the club, their parents force him to withdraw his police report and events escalate.
The Accused Is My Father
2006
NRA social comedy drama that explores the nature of the relationship between men and women during engagement, marriage, and divorce from different perspectives. The work is primarily a comedy, but it also sounds the alarm on many of the social and family problems that have spread recently, and the main factors behind the high divorce rates.
The Other Half
2017
NRThe series revolves around two colleagues at law school who get married after a love story and own a law firm. The competition between them, turns into a family war and when they try to repair their relationship, they are chased by everyone.
Everyday Wars
2009
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Gorgeous
2021
The events follow Allam Al-Zuhairi, an opportunist Upper Egyptian man who only cares about his personal interest, even if it comes at the expense of people closest to him, as he enters into an open confrontation.
Deadly Love
2005
NRA two-part story through which we look at a successful marital relationship that turns into a tragedy, told in two parts, each consisting of 30 episodes; the first tells the story from Shahira’s point of view, and the second tells it from Raouf’s point of view.
Ana Shahira ... Ana Al-Kha'in
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NRNo synopsis available yet.
أحلام عم سيد
1990
Salsabil Al-Mudaris comes to Cairo to work as a history teacher in one of the schools, and Sundus also comes to Cairo in order to complete the master’s degree, and to work as a school in the neighborhoods, and both of them meet there and there are many positions between them.
Me And Them
2005
5.6The police officer Zain is in a fierce confrontation with Hitler, an Upper Egyptian businessman engaged in illicit trade, the conflict between them intensifies, while Zain finds himself torn between the love of two women, one of whom is his cousin.
Eagle of Upper Egypt
2018
