Syrian artist Sulafa Mimar (archive)
Wednesday 22 March 2023 / 21:01
The Syrian star, Sulafa Mimar, was absent from the Ramadan 2023 drama, amid great anticipation from her fans and fans, showing the third part of “Haret al-Qobba” in the Ramadan drama marathon, without its main heroine, after his star in its first and second parts was in the character of “Umm al-Ezz” and achieved great success. With the role assigned to star Rana Shmeis, who will not escape comparison with the main action star.
The absence of an artist the size of Sulafa, who left special imprints in the Syrian drama with her strong performance, creative presence, and clear talent, raises several questions about what were the reasons that prompted her complete withdrawal from the 2023 Ramadan race, despite the remarkable rise in Syrian works competing for the forefront of the Arab drama scene, especially after A series of successive crises.
Al Qubba Lane – Season Three
It is not known whether Sulafa’s apology for the third season of “Haret al-Qobba” was due to her preoccupation with other artistic works or for other unknown reasons, especially after presenting the series “Al-Hed” and Beirut 303 “in 2022, and the first series achieved great success despite the criticism that it tabled due to its audacity. Some of his scenes, while the second witnessed a less than expected return of the successful duo, Abed and Sulafa, after their exceptional experience in the series “Qalam Hamra” during Ramadan 2014.
Amal’s apology and her return
Despite Amal Arafa’s apology at the time when Sulafa Mimar apologized for the series “Haret al-Qobba in its third part”, Amal returned to the series again with the role of “Ikhlas”, to participate in it with its stars, most notably Abbas Al-Nouri, Fadi Sobeih and Khaled Al-Qish, Nadine Tahsin Bey, And Firas Ibrahim, Shukran Murtaja, and Nisreen Al-Hakim.
And with the launch of the official promo of the upcoming work, which will be shown a day later, and despite the audience’s enthusiasm for the third part, the matter did not go unnoticed with the absence of their favorite star, Sulafa Mimar, and a large number of users on Twitter expressed their lack of it.
performance #Sulafa _ Mimar The mighty and the extraordinary #dome _ lane The first part may be put #Rana_Shamis in big trouble
Especially if her role was simple and light in the third part.– IMAD HADDAD (@ImadHad92) March 17, 2023
One of the fans of the Syrian star tweeted, saying: “This season without the golden Sulafa Mimar is considered an incomplete season, no matter how hard you try to deny it.”
A lot of time passed, and this part ended, and the second came, and between the third show, I did not skip the most beautiful scene and the best cry in the history of all the Levantine environment series 😥🤍
This season without the golden Sulafa Mimar is considered an incomplete season, no matter how hard you try to deny it🙌🏻#dome _ lane ~ #Sulafa _ Mimar pic.twitter.com/UFdypmTTPw
– Maryam (@mxaiiv) March 19, 2023
As another user said: “Very excited about this part, it’s obviously legendary. It’s true that we miss Sulafa Mimar, but optimistic.”
Very excited about this part of Qubbah neighborhood. It is clear that it is legendary. True, we miss its ancestors, Mimar, but I am very optimistic that it will be a Khorafi part. pic.twitter.com/8e5asAZNeF
– Saad (@onlysaad2) March 21, 2023
Another praised Sulafa’s performance in the series, considering it the first name in the series and the reason for its Arab fame.
By God, no matter what happens, Sulafa Mimar will remain the first name
In the dome, which is the reason for the popularity of the series
Rana Shmeis is a great talent, and she has the opportunity to do something for sure
The same thing I hope, but Slava remains the ceiling– Knight himself (@ fgh35_) March 19, 2023
Before the start of the series, Rana Shmeis faces comparisons that may be “unfair.” As for Sulafa, before watching it in full, through the promo, one of the users attacked Shmeis, saying: “Rana Shmeis, her features appear to be in a state of jealousy or meanness, unlike Sulafa Mimar, who is brilliant Her facial expressions suddenly change from joy to meanness better than Rana, “stressing that Rana will be subject to harsh criticism and comparison, and if she does well in her role, referring to the star of this season, Amal Arafa.
The most prominent works of Sulafa Mimar
Sulafa, who transferred from her studies of English literature at the University of Damascus, to the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus, recorded her first artistic presence in the series “Five Stars Family” in 1994 as a guest of honor.
The children’s series “Once Upon a Time” in its third and fourth parts in 1999 and 2000 witnessed Sulafa’s first starring role in drama, while she is in the third year of study. In 1999, she participated in the series “A Family Affair”, and the historical series was “Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi” in 2001. As a real breakthrough for her, next to major stars in Arab and Syrian drama.
The historical series “Al-Zaher Baybars” was a milestone in Sulafa’s artistic career, full of many achievements, awards and titles, which made her one of the most prominent Syrian artists who achieved great success during their artistic career.
In 2010, Sulafa participated in the series “Takht Sharqi”, thanks to which she and also the series “What Your Faith Owns” won her the “Murex D’or” award for best Arab actress for the year 2011, then she presented the series “Naked Souls” in 2012, which dealt with social and family issues in a way Bold breaks some dramatic conventions.
However, the character “Ward” in the indelible series “Qalam Hamra” by the late director Hatem Ali, is considered the most prominent in the career of Sulafa Mimar, as the character enjoys wide fame, and the image of the Syrian star with her glasses became circulated with phrases from the series written by Yum Mashhadi, It is a Syrian social drama that deals with the crisis that Syria is going through, and the conditions of the Syrians in the difficult circumstances that afflicted their country after the outbreak of the crisis in 2011.
Sulafa starred in the series “Khatun”, one of the most important series of the Levantine environment, in which Sulafa excelled in her embodiment of the multi-faceted character “Nemat”, that “charming female”, who controls her husband, and was presented in 2016. Perhaps Sulafa’s quiet rural environment in central Syria played A pivotal role in enhancing her talent and understanding of the reality that she embodied in her television works, in addition to her love of art since her childhood.
Sulafa also presented the series “Warda Shamia” in 2017, then the Syrian historical series “Al-Haramlek”, which was presented in Ramadan 2019. In the same year, she presented the series “A Safe Distance” with the participation of Abdel Moneim Amairi.
For her role in the series “Time of Shame” in 2009, Sulafa won the Best Arab Actress Award at the Cairo International Media Festival, in which she embodied the character “Buthaina”, a girl over thirty, who spent her youth serving her mother, who suffers from a chronic illness, which caused her isolation from the world. outside and deprived her of her femininity and the fulfillment of her dreams as a woman.
