Amal Arafa

Acting

Amal Arafa

Born March 18, 1970 · Damascus, Syria (age 56)

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 Brav…

Known For

Rising RainRising Rain · 1995
Rising Rain
1995
MovieDrama
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.
Solo PerformanceSolo Performance · 2018
Solo Performance
2018
MovieDrama
In the film, a family of moral, noble, musician, and singer friends save lives, trying to save them in the literal and metaphorical sense.
Seven FloorsSeven Floors · 1994
Seven Floors
1994
Movie
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
Something Is BurningSomething Is Burning · 1993
Something Is Burning
1993
MovieDrama
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.
The Long NightThe Long Night · 2009
The Long Night
2009
MovieMysteryDrama
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.
Mukhtasar MufidMukhtasar Mufid · 1992
Mukhtasar Mufid
1992
SeriesDramaDocumentary
Mukhtasar Mufid is a 1992 Syrian socio‑political dramedy blending drama, light comedy, and documentary‑style observation. Through episodic stories led by Abbas Al‑Nouri, the series examines everyday Syrian life, civic behavior, and the pressures shaping social and political awareness. With sharp commentary and grounded performances, it explores moral dilemmas, public institutions, and the contradictions of ordinary citizens navigating a changing society.
Small HeartsSmall Hearts · 2009
Small Hearts
7.02009
SeriesDrama
The series tackles a number of negative contemporary social phenomena, shedding light on the challenges encountered by young people, like violence against children, poverty, homelessness, begging, slave trade, motherhood, family disintegration, and honor crimes.
School of LoveSchool of Love · 2016
School of Love
2016
SeriesDrama
A story about the different and diverse types of love, including romantic love, sibling love, motherly love, and friendship, presented through several different angles.

Movies

Rising RainRising Rain · 1995
Rising Rain
1995
MovieDrama
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.
Solo PerformanceSolo Performance · 2018
Solo Performance
2018
MovieDrama
In the film, a family of moral, noble, musician, and singer friends save lives, trying to save them in the literal and metaphorical sense.
Seven FloorsSeven Floors · 1994
Seven Floors
1994
Movie
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
Something Is BurningSomething Is Burning · 1993
Something Is Burning
1993
MovieDrama
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.
The Long NightThe Long Night · 2009
The Long Night
2009
MovieMysteryDrama
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.

TV Shows

Mukhtasar MufidMukhtasar Mufid · 1992
Mukhtasar Mufid
1992
SeriesDramaDocumentary
Mukhtasar Mufid is a 1992 Syrian socio‑political dramedy blending drama, light comedy, and documentary‑style observation. Through episodic stories led by Abbas Al‑Nouri, the series examines everyday Syrian life, civic behavior, and the pressures shaping social and political awareness. With sharp commentary and grounded performances, it explores moral dilemmas, public institutions, and the contradictions of ordinary citizens navigating a changing society.
Small HeartsSmall Hearts · 2009
Small Hearts
7.02009
SeriesDrama
The series tackles a number of negative contemporary social phenomena, shedding light on the challenges encountered by young people, like violence against children, poverty, homelessness, begging, slave trade, motherhood, family disintegration, and honor crimes.
School of LoveSchool of Love · 2016
School of Love
2016
SeriesDrama
A story about the different and diverse types of love, including romantic love, sibling love, motherly love, and friendship, presented through several different angles.
DoniaDonia · 1999
Donia
10.01999
SeriesComedy
Donia Asaad Said comes from her village to work as a house maid to raise money to buy her father's land, but she faces many problems because of her good heart, morals and love to help others. At the same time she can't keep any secrets.
As'ad Al-WarakAs'ad Al-Warak · 2010
As'ad Al-Warak
2010
SeriesDrama
During the period of the French occupation of Syria, the events of the series revolve around As'ad AlWarraq, an orphan, illiterate, poor young man who is pushed by circumstances between various paradoxes, between false accusations and the injustice of his neighborhood people towards him.
The SieveThe Sieve · 2014
The Sieve
8.02014
SeriesDrama
In 1927, during the period of the French Mandate, the Damascene neighborhood of Al Shaghour witnesses the murder of Salem, the son of a local leader, who was killed for having important papers that included dangerous language condemning a powerful faction in “Al Saraya.”
5 Stars Family5 Stars Family · 1994
5 Stars Family
1994
SeriesComedyDrama
The story revolves around the family of Umm Ahmed Bilalish who lives in one of the old Damascene neighborhoods. When Farhan proposes to marry Samar, her mother reluctantly agrees. The events start taking a comic twist when the family wins the lottery and their social status changes.
Love Has DecreedLove Has Decreed · 2006
Love Has Decreed
2006
SeriesDrama
The series discusses the stories of young university students, their reality during their studies, and the hardships and unknown fate they endure after graduation.
Jinn AlleyJinn Alley · 2023
Jinn Alley
7.02023
SeriesDrama
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.
Takht SharqiTakht Sharqi · 2010
Takht Sharqi
10.02010
SeriesDrama
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.
Memories of the Next EraMemories of the Next Era · 2003
Memories of the Next Era
2003
SeriesDrama
Matar disappears under mysterious circumstances for 20 years, during which everyone has believed he had died a martyr. However, he returns in a new form and builds a financial empire amidst the mystery surrounding the source of his wealth. Using the spider's method, he tightens his grip on everyone and exploits them to achieve his goals of doubling his wealth and taking revenge on his past friends.
Either Me or HerEither Me or Her · 2025
Either Me or Her
2025
SeriesComedy
The plot revolves around a Jordanian woman who owns a house in Damascus and plans to sell it, but her Syrian neighbor seeks to thwart her plan through a series of funny events and sudden situations.
Deer in the Wolves' ForestDeer in the Wolves' Forest · 2006
Deer in the Wolves' Forest
2006
SeriesDrama
Tells a story of corruption in Syria. A minister's son takes advantage of his position and wealth to derail the life of a poor family.
Alhaqa'ebAlhaqa'eb · 2014
Alhaqa'eb
9.02014
SeriesDramaComedy
A Syrian family — warm, funny and profoundly ordinary — finds itself facing the impossible choice millions of Syrians faced: stay in a home torn apart by war, or pack up everything and leave. They choose to go. But the road out proves just as punishing as what they left behind, with each episode delivering a new obstacle, a new heartbreak and a new reason to laugh through the tears. From the creator of Lost Village — tragicomedy at its most human.
AshtarAshtar · 2004
Ashtar
10.02004
SeriesComedyDrama
After her parents get divorced, Ishtar goes to live with her grandmother. When her grandmother passes away, she leaves the house to Ishtar , but her boyfriend tricks her into writing it over to him. She then goes to her aunt, who introduces her to the world of art through her voice.
The End of a Brave ManThe End of a Brave Man · 1994
The End of a Brave Man
8.01994
Series
Mufid the monster, the naughty teenager, did not find anyone who knew how to deal with him properly, so he did not discover anyone around him and develop the good qualities that Mufid was distinguished for. The society in which he lived, starting from the harsh father at home, to the ignorant and arrogant teacher at school, to the mukhtar who punished him for cutting off the tail of Abboud's donkey... All of these were the cause of Mufid's loss and his premature end. As a result of this treatment, Mufeed could not bear to stay even for a single minute in the farm, so he ran away and decided never to return to this farm that caused him pain and persecuted him.
Born into WealthBorn into Wealth · 2023
Born into Wealth
8.02023
SeriesDrama
Eighteen years after the children of three Damascene leaders were kidnapped, the truth begins to surface, tipping the balance in an intense battle between good and evil.
The KeyThe Key · 2012
The Key
2012
SeriesDrama
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.
HonourHonour · 2022
Honour
10.02022
SeriesDrama
An issue of social sensitivity, a matter related to what is called honor, through the story of Nurse Asia, who decides to help many girls get rid of their out-of-wedlock pregnancies before they are buried and killed with the dagger of honor.
The Falcon of QuraishThe Falcon of Quraish · 2002
The Falcon of Quraish
10.02002
SeriesDrama
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.
PsychoPsycho · 2018
Psycho
6.02018
SeriesComedy
Psycho / Saiko (2018) is a Syrian satirical comedy starring Amal Arafa in five different roles. Wasal is a pathologically honest girl whose refusal to lie gets her into constant trouble. When she accidentally obtains a CD exposing powerful corrupt officials, she becomes their target — wrongfully committed to a psychiatric hospital while her twin sister takes her place. A chaotic, funny chase across Syria and Lebanon follows as she fights to clear her name.
Al KhawaliAl Khawali · 2000
Al Khawali
2000
SeriesDrama
The story of Nassar Ibn Oraibi, a fighter against injustice, that sheds light on the life in the Damascus neighborhood and the role of one woman who becomes responsible for the house and her four daughters in light of her husband's absence during the Hajj.
City KitchenCity Kitchen · 2026
City Kitchen
2026
SeriesDrama
A Damascene chef finds sanctuary at the restaurant he works in, nurturing both his craft and his four children. But when his daughter goes missing, their world unravels, testing their morals and the bonds that hold them.
City SecretsCity Secrets · 2000
City Secrets
8.02000
SeriesDrama
In a dramatic and social framework, Abu Mansour’s children work hard to improve their financial conditions, but they encounter major life obstacles, which they try to overcome.