Wafaa Salem is a Syrian actress. She was born in Aleppo in 1964, and studied philosophy at college, then traveled to Cairo to join the High Cinema Institute. There she met Dierctor Atef Salem, who cast her as the female lead in his film The Black Tiger alongside Ahmed Zaki. She then starred in numerous films, including A Smile on Sad Eyes, and Marriage and Summer. She then switched her career to television series, among which were Harun al-Rashid, and El Daly.