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Mona Wassef

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Fleeing his past and shunned by his people, Jaber takes on the identity of a sacred figure in a remote village awaiting salvation. As faith, power, and manipulation merge, he becomes a beacon of hope and the focus of a perilous moral crisis.
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Mawlana (2026– )
Mona Wassef was born on 9 February 1942 in Damascus, Syria. She is an actress, known for Al Tareq (2004), The Message (1976) and Al Hayba (2017). She was previously married to Muhammad Shahin.
BornFebruary 9, 1942
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    • Awards
      • 1 win total

    Known for

    Al Tareq (2004)
    Al Tareq
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Actress
    Mona Wassef and Abdallah Gheith in The Message (1976)
    The Message
    8.9
    • Hind bint Utbah
    • 1976
    Mona Wassef, Mohamad Akil, Nazem Issa, Adel Karam, Taim Hasan, Saeed Sarhan, Dima Kandalaft, Abdo Chahine, Oweiss Mkhallalati, and Rozina Lazkani in Al Hayba (2017)
    Al Hayba
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Nahed
    • Nahed Imran
    The Godfather: The Orient Club (2015)
    The Godfather: The Orient Club
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Actress

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    Actress

    • Mona Wassef, Fares Helou, Hima Ismail, Eliana Saad, Taim Hasan, Jirjes Jbarah, Nour Ali, Alaa Al Zuabi, Nancy Khoury, and Jamal El Ali in Mawlana (2026)
      Mawlana
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Jouriyeh
      • 2026
    • Mona Wassef, Caresse Bashar, Anas Tayara, and Taim Hasan in Taht Sabe' Ard (2025)
      Taht Sabe' Ard
      7.5
      TV Series
      • 2025
    • Close Your Eyes (Aghmed Aynayk)
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Om Raja
      • 2024
    • Ma Ekhtalafna (2024)
      Ma Ekhtalafna
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Multiple Characters
      • 2024–2025
    • Nadine Nassib Njeim and Kosai Khauli in Wa Akheeran (2023)
      Wa Akheeran
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Em Yakout
      • 2023
    • Taim Hasan in Al Hayba: The Movie (2022)
      Al Hayba: The Movie
      5.8
      • Nahed El-Omran
      • 2022
    • Mona Wassef, Mohamad Akil, Nazem Issa, Adel Karam, Taim Hasan, Saeed Sarhan, Dima Kandalaft, Abdo Chahine, Oweiss Mkhallalati, and Rozina Lazkani in Al Hayba (2017)
      Al Hayba
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Nahed
      • Nahed Imran
      • 2017–2021
    • The Platform 3 (2021)
      The Platform 3
      7.9
      TV Series
      • 2021
    • Maxim Khalil in The Platform 2 (2021)
      The Platform 2
      6.1
      TV Series
      • 2021
    • Mona Wassef, Ghassan Massoud, Doha Al-Debs, Rana Shmies, Marah Jabr, Mohamad Al-Ahmad, Dana Jabr, and Yazan Al Sayed in An El Hawa w Al Gawa (2019)
      An El Hawa w Al Gawa
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Buran
      • 2019
    • Khaled Nabawy, Mahmoud Nasr, Kinda Hanna, Abdel Moneim Amyri, and Yazan Al Sayed in Kingdoms of Fire (2019)
      Kingdoms of Fire
      5.8
      TV Series
      • Mother of the Caliph
      • 2019
    • Al Hallaj (2019)
      Al Hallaj
      TV Series
      • 2019
    • Shababeek: Windows (2017)
      Shababeek: Windows
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Rahaf
      • 2017
    • Nicole Saba and Bassem Yakhour in Mudhakarat eashiqat sabiqa (2017)
      Mudhakarat eashiqat sabiqa
      7.7
      TV Series
      • 2017
    • Nadine Nassib Njeim and Toni Issa in Samra (2016)
      Samra
      6.0
      TV Series
      • The Medium
      • 2016

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    • Alternative name
      • Mouna Wasef
    • Born
      • February 9, 1942
      • Damascus, Syria
    • Spouse
      • Muhammad Shahin1963 - January 17, 2004 (his death, 1 child)
    • Children
      • Ammar Abdulhamid
    • Relatives
        Haifaa Wassef(Sibling)

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      She is Syrian from Kurdish roots.

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