Maryam Saleh (Arabic: مريم صالح; born 1985[1]), full name Maryam Saleh Saad (Arabic: مريم صالح سعد) is an Egyptian singer and songwriter (including psychedelic rock and trip-hop) and actress.
Maryam Saleh | |
|---|---|
 Maryam Saleh in Beirut, October 2016 | |
| Born | 3 November 1985 |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
Life edit
Her father was the stage writer, theater director and critic Saleh Saad, with whom she worked as an actress and directing assistant at a young age.[2] He died in a fire in 2005 in Beni Suef. Among her father's friends was Sheikh Imam, who had great influence on her.[3]
As an actress, she starred in plays such as Laila Soliman's Lessons in Revolution, a couple of short films and Ibrahim El-Batout's film A Shams (2008),[3] for which she also sang the title song.[1]
Around 2008, she founded her band Jawaz Safar (Arabic: جواز سفر), in which only the instruments oud and tabl were played.[1] In 2008 she founded the band Baraka (Arabic: بركة),[2] the ua the Sheikh Imam songs Nixon Baba, Valery Giscard d'Estaing Ya Wad Ya Yu Yu, ya wādd yā yū yū and Ya wādd yā yū yū El-Bahr Byidhak Leh "('Why does the sea laugh') covered[1] and later sung by her sister Nagham Saleh.[3]
Since 2010 she works together with the Lebanese musician Zeid Hamdan; the music was described as Arab trip-hop.[4]
Maryam Saleh starred as the prostitute Mona Farkha in the 2011 Egyptian short film A Tin Tale (Arabic: حدوتة من صاج, Hadouta Men Sag ; Director: Aida El-Kashef) as part of the Dubai International Film Festival.[5][6]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Ahmad Zaatari: "Maryam Saleh: Rocking Sheikh Imam's Revolutionary Songs Archived 11 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine", Al-Akhbar English 27 December 2011.
- ^ a b Fayrouz Karawya:"",Egypt Independent,August 11, 2011.
- ^ a b c Chitra Kalyani: "-quite-contrary / Maryam, Maryam, quite contrary ", Daily News Egypt , 2 October 2011.
- ^ Rowan El Shimi: "Cairo to host underground musicians Zeid and Maryam" , Ahram Online , 6 June 2012.
- ^ "Dubai International Film Festival". dubaifilmfest.com. Retrieved 6 December 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Thoraia Abou Bakr: To Ask or Not to Ask: Who is Maryam? ", Discord Magazine , March 2012.