When the 20-year-old was about to make her screen debut in 1958, Omar Sharif was the reigning king of the Arab cinema, and his wife, Faten Hamama, its queen.
She was popular for her roles as the kind-hearted mother in plays and films, appearing in major pictures such as Doa al karawan in 1959 in which she appeared alongside actors such as Faten Hamama and Ahmed Mazhar.
Her last film appearance was in Doa al karawan in 1959 in which she appeared alongside actors such as Faten Hamama and Ahmed Mazhar.
Faten Hamama plays Sawsan, a middle-class orphan who meets Adel (Omar Sharif), a rich man, at an auction hall.
Faten Hamama plays Amal, the only daughter of a famous doctor, who lives with Fatimah (Shadia).