
Acting
Mar 17, 1970
Damascus, Syria
Amal Arafa
Acting
Biography
A Syrian actress and singer, she's the daughter of composer Suhail Arafa. She was born in Damascus, and graduated from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts. She started as a singer, then moved to acting in the early 90s when director Haitham Haqqi gave her the opportunity to work in the series The Morning Star and The Spider's Web. However, her actual beginning was in the series The End of a Brave Man directed by Hisham Sharbatji.
Feature Films (6)

In the film, a family of moral, noble, musician, and singer friends save lives, trying to save them in the literal and metaphorical sense.
Solo Performance

Four political activists friends are arrested by the repressive regime in Syria in the 1970s and spend twenty years in detention, three of them are released, and the fourth remains. The three friends are shocked by the huge changes they found in society, while showing the hardships their fourth comrade faces in prison.
The Long Night

Sabah is a creative writer who goes through the complexities of life in a city that pushes its children from its center to its outskirts where expatriates reside. He suffers from financial hardships, while a love story grows between a boy and a girl who meet at night in the rain.
Rising Rain

After the 1967 setback, Abu Ramzi is displaced from the Golan with his family, and he is tired in order to secure a livelihood and his wife who works in sewing helps him. As for the son Ramzi, he dreams of riches quickly and in the easiest way, which drives him to collide with his father, who dreams of a roof that shelter him through halal earnings.
Something Is Burning

Screenwriter Goes to the hospital for medical examinations, but he heard strange news. This hospital has seven floors, whenever it is moved to the bottom floor, becomes close to death
Seven Floors

The film depicts the harsh reality of refugees who were forced to leave their war-torn countries, as they find a glimmer of hope in their lives when they learn that American stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are coming to the Syrian capital to visit the Iraqi refugees.
Lemon Taste
Television & Series (49)

When the Abbasids overthrow the Umayyad Caliphate in Damascus, slaughtering nearly the entire dynasty, one young prince escapes — Abd al-Rahman. Hunted across deserts and seas, he eventually reaches the fringes of the Muslim world and, through sheer will and political genius, founds a new Umayyad emirate in Andalusia. Written by Walid Seif and directed by Hatem Ali, this is the first chapter of their celebrated Andalusian trilogy — epic, human and historically meticulous.
The Falcon of Quraish

The events revolve around the cruel and tyrannical Abu Nadhir, who seeks to control the lives of his family members without any regard for the psychological pain he causes them, while it becomes clear that there are secrets in his life and his past returns to haunt him.
Jinn Alley

A thought provoking drama about a female doctor working in oncology who becomes emotionally affected by her patients and the constant presence of death. The pressure and emotional toll of her job slowly strain her marriage, leading to separation from her husband. After the breakup, both of them struggle with regret and unresolved feelings. The series focuses on love, loss, illness, and how a demanding career can affect personal relationships.
Shahr 10

A social drama about the Syrian society and the corruption that runs rampant across all of its different classes, as well as exploring some ideals like love, integrity, and honesty.
The Key

The story of four young men who were high school classmates. Despite the differences in their understanding of life, their work and their tendencies, they somehow share something in common, as their destinies intersect to tell a story about love, friendship and the double standards of morality.







