
Samah Anwar
Actor · b. 1965 · Cairo, Egypt
An Egyptian actress and director. She studied French at the Faculty of Arts, Cairo University. She became known for action roles in Egyptian cinema; among her most famous films are *Halat Talabbus* (Caught in the Act) and *Bint Mushaghiba Jiddan* (A Very Mischievous Girl). She also acted in theater and television; her television credits include *Zi'ab al-Jabal* (Wolves of the Mountain), *Al-Hisab* (The Reckoning), and *Wanees wa Ayyamuhu* (Wanees and His Days), while her stage work includes *Raqisat Qita' 'Aam* (Public Sector Dancer) and *Awlad al-Shawari'* (Street Children). She stepped away from the screen for several years following a car accident but returned to the spotlight in 2002 via the satellite TV program *Tajribati* (My Experience). Subsequently, she appeared in several series, including *Azhar*, *Wanees wa Ayyamuhu*, and *Nazariyat al-Jowafa* (The Guava Theory).
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TV7.8DramaWar & PoliticsBased on the true story of Egyptian spy Refaat Al-Gammal, Raafat Al Haggan follows a young Egyptian Muslim recruited by intelligence to assume a false Jewish identity and embed himself deep within Israeli society for over a decade. Starring Mahmoud Abdel Aziz and Yusra, the series charts his dangerous double life, his sacrifices, and his pivotal role in gathering intelligence ahead of the 1973 October War.
TV5.0ComedyFamilyEngi 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.
TV3.0DramaTakes place in a social romantic setting, exploring the complex relationships between its diverse characters.
TV7.0DramaSci-Fi & FantasyA merchant has three children; Salem, Salim, and Gawdar. However, the life of the last son, Gawdar, becomes complicated, and he comes into conflict with the enemy Shimoun to reach the four treasures of the wiseman Shamardal.
TV6.0ComedyThe comedic story of two criminals who get into funny situations while trying not to get arrested by the police.
TV6.9DramaComedyA recently widowed workaholic clumsily navigates life with his kids, guided by his late wife's online tips. Can he ace this crash course in parenthood?
TV9.0DramaFamilyIn a town called Bahtoon Al-Jabal where the Hawara family lives following many fanatic customs. Sheikh Badar breaks the customary traditions and marries his daughter to a man from outside of the family, prompting her brother to try to kill her.
TV7.5DramaCrushed by society’s expectations, a sterile, divorced woman in her mid-30s attempts to start over… until her obsession with being a mother transforms her from victim to predator.
TV5.5DramaMysteryAs Reem celebrates her birthday, she receives a box containing strange and incomprehensible contents, and messages asking to save a person before he is killed, leading the three friends, Youssef, Reem and Yassin on an adventure to uncover the mystery of this box.
TV6.7DramaComedyStruggling hairstylist Boussy needs 80,000 pounds for her dream wedding. When she takes a job as a private stylist for elite clients, she’s thrust into a world she never knew. As her fiancé scrambles to help, Boussy faces surprises that could change her life forever.
TV6.0DramaThe series explores the fateful intersections of a group of characters besieged by crises, foremost among them Heba, a teacher living in a working-class neighborhood who finds herself alone facing fierce adversity. Heba isn't fighting for her personal dreams, but rather for the survival of her struggling family, as she bears the responsibility for her disabled brother, in addition to her agonizing battle against time to save her mother from illness.
TV5.3CrimeDramaRasha’s world is upended when a man dies in her house, forcing her to hide the body from her partner and resort to ways that subject her to blackmail and fear.
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Movie3.6HorrorAdventureAn archaelogist falls under the spell of a statue with a curse on it.
The Serpent of Death
1990 · 5 votes
MovieComedyDramaDuring a visit to New York from Egypt, Mark, a 32-year-old Orthodox Christian, decides to lose his virginity, facing all the cultural and religious restrictions that have shaped his character. After a failed blind date, Mark is persuaded by his friends to seek something other than a soul mate. Their solution? A prostitute.
HoLEY
2024
Movie4.8ActionComedyThe theft of a famous painting from a museum leads to an unexpected conflict between members of the gang and museum staff, and amidst this, an unusual love affair develops.
MovieComedyDramaA journalist receives a collection of cassette tapes containing details of marital fights between an engineer and his wife, and he tries to find a solution by searching for the couple and finding out the reason for their unhappiness.
Movie9.0DramaComedyA festival is being held in Babylon, to which archeologists, artists, and media professionals are invited, along with an Egyptian television delegation headed by an archaeologist. This scholar meets an Iraqi girl who bears Iraqi features, and gives her appearance the impression that the archaeologist, the archaeologist, and that his dream has begun to materialize in front of him, and a group of comic situations begins.
MovieDramaJournalist Hossam is involved with three different women at the same time. Amira, the charming journalist who's well connected, Reem his rebel revolutionary secretary, and Hanadi the simple lady who's the victim of the collapse of a building.
Movie6.8DramaYoussef is a hotshot anesthesiologist who often sleeps in his car for privacy. Laila is the careerist host of a late night radio call-in show. These two members of Cairo's elite, lost souls traveling parallel paths of longing and disconnection, are the principal fish in Yousry Nasrallah's The Aquarium, a meditation on the intellectual capital of the Middle East, now bent under the sway of repression in all its forms.
Movie7.0DramaFathi trades in smuggled goods, he lives with his mother Bahia and loves his neighbor Fakiha who encourages him to finish his studies. A matchmaker persuades his mother to marry Said, a professional conman who marries wealthy old women and steals their money. Fathi tries to prevent this marriage.
MovieThe film revolves around Zahran, an honest and trustworthy man who decides to establish an association to protect the interests of the people of his town, but Hamido, Zahran's first assistant, cooperates with Zahran's enemies to achieve his own interests.
MovieRomanceComedyA child named Amr, the school's headmaster summons his guardian because of the problems he causes, but on the other hand his father Ragheb suffers from problems with his mother Sarah, who asked him to retrieve the memories of their love by grouping their high school students.