[3] She started her career with at the age of seventeen with a small role in Love and Pleasure (1960), followed by Melody of Happiness (1960).

[4] Her notable film roles include Half an Hour of Marriage (1969) with Rushdy Abaza, Shadia, and Adel Emam.

She starred in Chitchat on the Nile (1971) by Hussein Kamal,[5] based on Naguib Mahfouz's story with the same name the film was a critical and financial success.

[10][11] In 1974 she produced the light comedy In Summer We Must Love (1974) starring Salah Zulfikar, with whom she co-starred in Roadless Traveler (1978).

[12][13] In the 1980s, She co-starred in Youssef Chahine's An Egyptian Story (1982), followed by a leading role in El Awamma 70 (1982) alongside Ahmed Zaki.

[14] She participated in a number of television works such as The Butterfly, Zizinia, The Edge of a Knife, and A Woman from Upper Egypt.