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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1960-12-29

Place of Birth

Cairo, Egypt

Ashraf Zaki

Biography

Ashraf Zaki is an Egyptian actor and the current head of the Actors’ Syndicate. He is the brother of actress Magda Zaki. Zaki has recently caused a great deal of controversy following his decision to limit the number of cinema and television projects assumed by foreign actors in Egypt within a given year.

Known for

Downtown

Downtown

Set in the heart of a bustling Egyptian neighbourhood, Downtown follows the intertwined lives of middle and working-class families navigating love, loss, rivalry and daily struggle. When a father dies and his eldest son discovers he has been cut from the will, long-buried tensions erupt between siblings. A sprawling soap opera that captures the texture of everyday Egyptian life with warmth, conflict and a large ensemble cast.

Kalabsh

Kalabsh

Selim al-Ansary is a morally-conscious police officer who is talented at his job. He is constantly criticized by those around him, even his mother, and is perceived as an evil person. When a murder inside the police station unjustly points to him as a suspect, he gets arrested, but he decides to escape to prove his innocence.

Al-Gama'a

Al-Gama'a

Al-Gama'a is an Egyptian television drama, Historical and Political drama series written by Wahid Hamid, directed by Mohammed Yasin and produced by Kamel Abu Ali. The series began filming in January 2010 with a budget of 50 million Egyptian pounds. The show deals with the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest Islamist political group, which was officially banned but nonetheless tolerated to an extent before the revolution. Critics have decried the show's pro-government stance, charging that it plays into the Egyptian government's agenda prior to the 2010 Egyptian parliamentary elections.

Family Matter

Family Matter

Ibrahim is a set-in-his-ways man who is blindsided on his birthday when he's forced to become the legal guardian of a daughter he never knew — a young woman who is equally reluctant to have him in her life. What begins as an awkward obligation slowly transforms both of them. Starring Maged El Kedwany, this warm comedy-drama about absent fathers, second chances and unexpected family bonds ran for multiple seasons on Shahid.

Moftaraq Toroq

Moftaraq Toroq

When her husband, a prominent figure in society, is involved in a scandal, Amira has no choice but to return to her profession to support her two children, after fifteen years she spent as a housewife.

Mahmoud Al-Masri

Mahmoud Al-Masri

Mahmoud works in the port of Alexandria and gets close to Adnan Fakhouri, the wealthy businessman, and marries his sister. After his ships and companies get nationalized by the 1952 July revolution, Mahmoud and his brothers travel to America and then return in the era of Sadat.

The Choice

The Choice

Based on true events, The Choice follows Colonel Ahmed Mansi, commander of Egypt's elite Thunderbolt Brigade, and his former comrade Ashmawy — once brothers in arms, now on opposite sides of a war. While Mansi fights to defend his country against rising extremism in the Sinai, Ashmawy has been radicalised into a militant leader. A gripping military drama about sacrifice, loyalty, and the diverging paths two soldiers choose.

Morning and Evening Talk

Morning and Evening Talk

The latest that deals with the social and political history of Egypt revolves through three personalities, its children and grandchildren branches, and follows their conflicts, social roles, their human relationship and their different attitudes towards life and the homeland through the direct effects of economic interests on the relationships between the characters and the origins of these three trees.

Hekayat Beneeshha

Hekayat Beneeshha

Dr. Layla Sallam, freshly healing from two tumultuous marriages, finds herself drawn to Omar, a complex patient battling mental illness. As their bond deepens—blurring lines between love and healing—Omar's quest for truth challenges Layla to confront her own demons.

Dead Right

Dead Right

Young lawyer Nader becomes accused of kidnapping and killing four women, and with the police investigating whether he's the culprit or not, and constant pressure from the media, he recalls behind bars the story of his sad love with Hanin.

His Excellency

His Excellency

Legendary comedian Adel Imam stars as Bahgat, a former government official who finally retires — only to discover that home is its own battlefield. Caught between his jealous, sharp-tongued wife, the endless dramas of his grown-up children and their spouses, and the bewildering world of his grandchildren, Bahgat finds retirement anything but peaceful. A warm, classic Egyptian family comedy built around one of the country's greatest comic performers.

Very Private

Very Private

Words on Paper

Words on Paper

When a major character is murdered by a hit-man in Beirut, an Egyptian in the city is charged with the crime. Against a backdrop of mystery and suspense, the story continues to unfold until the true culprit is revealed.

The Balance

The Balance

A suspenseful thriller about what goes on behind the scenes of criminal activities, court and lawyers, with an unexpected twist at the peak.

Om Kulthum

Om Kulthum

Throughout its episodes, the series narrates the biography of the Arab singing lady (Umm Kulthum) since her inception in Sinbillawain and her journey with her father and siblings in singing religious songs on all occasions, through her artistic career and her move to stability in Cairo, and the stories of love that she went through during her life, and her artistic glory until she mastered The lyric scene in Egypt, and the crises she encountered during her artistic work and social life.