Raghda began her artistic career in Syria, but her fame began in Egypt after she appeared for the first time in the series “The Spoilers on the Earth” in 1973. After that, she continued to present many dramatic works in the series “One Thousand and One Nights,” “The Edge of the Abyss,” “The Flood,” and “Yesterday Never Dies.”, the western land, the closed circles, the doubt, the apparent.”

Raghda's artistic works also varied between films and plays. Her first cinematic work was the film "Who Extinguishes the Fire." After that, she participated in a group of famous films such as “The Borders, Sinai Lions, Crab, The Emperor, 85 Felonies, Estacoza, Girl from Israel, and Underground Hell.”

On stage, she performed distinguished plays, including: “Salome,” “Bodyguard,” “Untold Stories,” “Sheherazade,” and “Bilqis.”

In addition to acting, Raghda was known for being creative in writing poetry, and she published more than one poetry collection, such as: “Seasons of Love, A Girl’s Diary.”

Personal Life

In the early 1990s, the artist Raghda married the famous carpet merchant Abdullah Al-Kahhal, and she had three children with him: Buthaina, Tamima, and Muhammad. But this marriage did not last long, as she separated from him because he refused to let her travel to Iraq, where she was the coordinator of the popular delegation that traveled to Iraq to break the siege.

Artistical works

Movies

• 1982: “Who Puts Out the Fire” and “The Peacock” films.
• 1983: Films “The Tannery Tower and The Man Who Sold the Sun.”
• 1984: The films “Hostages,” “The Borders,” “Our Daughters Abroad,” and “Lions of Sinai.”
• 1985: Films: “Death of Samira, Real Silver, Cobwebs, and Charming Pickpockets.”
• 1986: Films “The Fools, The Report, The Arms of Fear”.
• 1987: The movie “The Giant”.
• 1988: Sorry to Bother You.
• 1989: “The Taming of Man.”
• 1990: “Crab, Emperor” films.
• 1991: “Killing the Wolves” movie.
• 1992: Falcon Eyes, My Wife and the Wolf films.
• 1993: “85 Felonies” movie.
• 1994: “Desires” movie.
• 1996: “Estacoza, Abu Al-Dahab” films.
• 1998: Films “The Disappearance of Jaafar Al-Masry, Criminal with Honors”.
• 1999: “A Girl from Israel” movie.
• 2001: “Underground Hell.”
• 2008: “A Night in the Moon.”
• 2011: “The Boat” movie.

Series

Hakim al-Zaman, The Road to Jerusalem

• 1973: “Corruptors on Earth” series.
• 1979: “The Night of the Fall of Granada” series.
• 1981: “Martyrs’ Mission” series.
• 1983: “And the Days Came Back: The Age of Love” series.
• 1984: “Brothers’ Brother” series.
• 1986: Series “There is no god but God, Part 2, Couples but Strangers.”
• 1988: “Marry and Smile at Life” series.
• 1989: “The Trial of the Generation” series.
• 1990: Series “One Thousand and One Nights: Badr Bassem and Jawhara Bint Al-Samandal, Istabil Antar.”
• 1992: “The Edge of the Abyss” series.
• 1994: “The Flood” series.
• 1996: “Pistachio Dreams” series.
• 1997: “Al-Ababid, Closed Circles” series.
• Year 2000: Series “Agent for Divorced Women, Where Are You, Sweetheart?”
• Year 2001: “The Western Land” series.
• 2003: “Yesterday Never Dies” series.
• 2004: “The Final Decision” series.
• 2006: “At the Gate of Egypt” series.
• 2013: “Doubt” series.
• Year 2016: “Eve’s Pod” series.
• Year 2019: “Al-Daher” series.

Plays

• 1982: The play “Hostages”.
• 1984: The play “They Kill Donkeys.”
• 1988: The play “Salome”.
• 1999: The play “Bodyguard”.
• 2005: The play “The Untold Stories of Scheherazade.”
• 2006: The play “Voices That Turned the World.”
• 2011: “Bilqis” play.
• 2016: “Mother Courageous” play.

Radio serials

Jarrat Al Qamar

• 1999: “Miss Hiyam” series.
• Year 2000: “Your Home is Your Home” series.
• 2001: “Abdul Wadud Across the Borders” series.
• 2010: “The Truth of Illusions” series.
• Year 2015: “Love Never Dies” series.

TV evenings

A date with time, on remand, a woman from the past

• 1985: “Absolutely No Parking” evening.

Awards and honors

• Shield of honor from the Popular Women’s Committee in Lebanon in 2007.
• A shield of honor from the Beautiful Time Festival in Lebanon in 2017.
• Shield of Honor from the Oran Film Festival for Arab Film in Algeria in 2017.
• Shield of Honor from the Egyptian Catholic Center Film Festival in 2019.
• Honorary shield from the Cinema Culture Palace in 2019.
• A shield of honor from the Alexandria Film Festival for her entire work in 2020.
• Shield of Honor from the Egyptian Society of Film Writers and Critics in 2020.