About Muna Wassef Muna Wassef (Mona Wassef, Mouna Wasef) (منى واصف) is a Syrian Stage, Film and Television actress. She was born on February 9, 1942, as (Muna Mustafa Wassef Jelmran ). She is also a United Nations Goodwill ambassador. Wassef is a legendary icon in the Arab world and the Middle East. Wassef had become the highest-paid actress in the Arab World since the end of the 1970s until the year of 2000; now she is one of the highest-paid actresses.