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Mona Wassef
Acting
09 Feb 1942 (84 years)
Damascus, First Syrian Republic [now Syria]
Biography
Mona Wassef is a Syrian film and theatre actress who was born in Damascus in 1942. She is considered an icon in Arab cinema and a role model for many artists and has earned numerous nicknames including, “The First Star of Syria,” “Star of the Arab World,” and “Lady of the Syrian Screen.” Wassef's most famous early role was as Hind in the 1976 film “Al Ressala” (The Message) about the life of the prophet Mohammed. She has played the role of Bassam Kousa’s mother more than ten times in cinema and ...
Also Known As
Muna Wassef, Mona Wasef, منى واصف, السنديانة , Mona Wassif








































