Sallama (film)
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| Egyptian Arabic | سلامه |
| Directed by | Togo Mizrahi |
| Written by | Bayram al-Tunisi (screenplay) Ali Ahmad Bakathir (story) |
| Produced by | Togo Mizrahi |
| Starring | Umm Kulthum |
| Cinematography | Abdel Halim Nasr |
| Music by | Zakaria Ahmed Riad Al Sunbati |
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| Country | Egypt |
| Language | Egyptian Arabic |
Sallama (also known as Salamah, Egyptian Arabic: سلامه) is an Egyptian film starring Umm Kulthum.[1][2] It is directed by Togo Mizrahi.[3][4] The film is written by Bayram al-Tunisi (screenplay) and Ali Ahmad Bakathir (story).[5][6] Sallama film tells the story of a love affair during the Umayyad Caliphate between a devout man and a slave girl from Mecca named Sallama.[7][8]
Synopsis
During the Umayyad era, Sallama (Umm Kulthum), with her melodious voice, lived as a slave girl for Sheikh Abu al-Wafa (Abdel Warith Asr). She and her friend Shawq (Zuzu Nabil) tended sheep and helped Umm al-Wafa (Esther Shataah) with household chores. Salama loved to sing and dreamed of one day becoming like the singer Jamila (Souad Zaki) or the singer Hababa (Rafia al-Shal). When she met the shepherd Hakim (Fakher Fakher), she asked him to teach her to sing. He taught her a single song, which she sang, and all the girls in the neighborhood joined in, singing along while Shawq danced and Umm al-Wafa played the tambourine.
Cast
- Umm Kulthum as Sallama
- Yehia Chahine as Abdel Rahman
- Abdel Warith Asr as Abu El Wafa
- Stephan Rosti as Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah
- Fouad Shafiq as Ibn Suheil
- Zaki Ibrahim as Shouq
- Fakher Fakher as Hakim
- Esther Shataah as Abu El Wafa's wife
- Riad El Qasabgi as Slave
- Mahmoud Kamel as Morgan
- Zuzu Nabil
- Rafia El Shal
- Hassan Saleh
- Lotfi El Hakim
- Beba Nagi
- Ali Kamel
- Abdel Qader El Mesiri
- Mahmoud Reda
- Souad Zaki
- Abdel Aziz Khalil
- Mohamed Nabih
Songs
All the songs in the film were written by Bayram al-Tunisi and composed by Zakaria Ahmed, with the exception of the poem "They Said I Love the Priest Salama," which was written by Ali Ahmed Bakathir and composed by Riad al-Sunbati, and part of the poem "O Far-Away Home" by Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf, which was composed by Zakaria Ahmed.[9]
See also
References
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- ^ "Star of the Orient Umm Kalthoum continues to shine - Folk Arts - Folk". Ahram Online. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
- ^ Martin, Andrew R.; Matthew Mihalka Ph, D. (8 September 2020). Music around the World. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 979-8-216-12030-8.
- ^ Korsholm Nielsen, Hans Chr; Skovgaard-Petersen, Jakob (2001). Middle Eastern Cities, 1900-1950. Aarhus University Press. ISBN 978-87-7288-906-1.
- ^ Booth, Marilyn (1990). Bayram Al-Tunisi's Egypt. Middle East Centre, St. Antony's College, Oxford. ISBN 978-0-86372-088-8.
- ^ "Six Umm Kulthum films that shaped the voice of Egyptian art". en.majalla.com. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
- ^ Leaman, Oliver (16 December 2003). Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-66252-4.
- ^ Bazzoli, Maria Silvia; Gariazzo, Giuseppe (2001). Onde del desiderio. Torino film festival, Associazione cinema giovani. ISBN 978-88-88357-01-0.
- ^ فيلم - سلامة - 1945 مشاهدة اونلاين، فيديو، الإعلان، صور، النقد الفني، مواعيد العرض (in Arabic). Retrieved 2026-01-07 – via elcinema.com.