Nadine Salameh
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Nadine Salameh sometimes credited as Nadeen Salameh, is a Palestinian
actress well known in Syria
where she has lived and worked for most of her life.
, Palestine.
Her father, Nabil Salameh was an activist with the Palestine Liberation Organization
(PLO). Initially he was associated with Yasser Arafat
's Fatah
movement, and later he co-founded the more extreme Black September
organization http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/666/op11.htm. During the 1982 Israeli intervention
in Lebanon he went missing, with the presumption by family and friends he was captured by Israeli Defense Forces. He has remained missing since this event, which occurred when Nadine was three years old.
The war caused her to go to Syria
, with her mother and sisters. In Damascus
, she studied in the Department of Acting of the Higher Academy of Theatrical Arts. She was mentored by some of Syria’s best known actors, including Nayla al-Atrash, and Jihad Sa’d.
, Nadine made her first TV series
with the famous Syrian director Najdat Ismail Anzour
called al-Kawasir. It was a 29-episode fantasy epic set in medieval Arabia about chivalry, war, love, and tribalism. In it, Nadine played the role of Zumuruda, a horse-riding, sword-flashing barbaric heroin. She has since made one play
, two TV movies
, one film for the cinema, and over ten television TV series.
Her most notable works are the movie Ru’aa Halima (Vision of a Dreamer) and the TV series al-Taghriba al-Filasiniyya (The Palestinian Exile). In the show, she plays Jamila, a shy but revolutionary young girl in conservative Damascus during the 1970s who wants to explore the world, but is prohibited from doing so due to her restrictive father and the old-fashioned society she lives in. Her feminine awakening coincides with her national consciousness, and in despair from her surrounding, she escapes to Lebanon to join the PLO forces after the Israeli invasion of Beirut in 1982, seeing death, or "resistance", as the only solution to her suffering.
Al-Taghriba al-Filistiniyya (The Palestinian Exile), directed by Hatem Ali, is her other significant work, where Nadine stars with Syrian actor Jamal Sulayman. The series, about twentieth century Palestinian history, recounts the Palestinian uprising of 1936 against the British Mandate and the Zionist immigrants coming from Europe
(actual Zionist immigration came from around the world including North Africa
and the Southwest Asia
). The movie is set in Haifa
, Israel
; and uses the Palestinian dialect of the Arabic language. Her most recent works include "Khalf al-Qudban" (Men Behind Bars), "Ashwak Na'ima" (Soft Thorns), and "Ahl al-Gharam" (The People of Passion).
Palestinian people
The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...
actress well known in Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
where she has lived and worked for most of her life.
Family and childhood
Before going to Lebanon, her family was originally from AcreAcre, Israel
Acre , is a city in the Western Galilee region of northern Israel at the northern extremity of Haifa Bay. Acre is one of the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the country....
, Palestine.
Her father, Nabil Salameh was an activist with the Palestine Liberation Organization
Palestine Liberation Organization
The Palestine Liberation Organization is a political and paramilitary organization which was created in 1964. It is recognized as the "sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people" by the United Nations and over 100 states with which it holds diplomatic relations, and has enjoyed...
(PLO). Initially he was associated with Yasser Arafat
Yasser Arafat
Mohammed Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini , popularly known as Yasser Arafat or by his kunya Abu Ammar , was a Palestinian leader and a Laureate of the Nobel Prize. He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization , President of the Palestinian National Authority...
's Fatah
Fatah
Fataḥ is a major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization , a multi-party confederation. In Palestinian politics it is on the left-wing of the spectrum; it is mainly nationalist, although not predominantly socialist. Its official goals are found...
movement, and later he co-founded the more extreme Black September
Black September (group)
The Black September Organization was a Palestinian paramilitary group, founded in 1970. It was responsible for the kidnapping and murder of eleven Israeli athletes and officials, and fatal shooting of a West German policeman, during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, their most publicized event...
organization http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/666/op11.htm. During the 1982 Israeli intervention
1982 Lebanon War
The 1982 Lebanon War , , called Operation Peace for Galilee by Israel, and later known in Israel as the Lebanon War and First Lebanon War, began on 6 June 1982, when the Israel Defense Forces invaded southern Lebanon...
in Lebanon he went missing, with the presumption by family and friends he was captured by Israeli Defense Forces. He has remained missing since this event, which occurred when Nadine was three years old.
The war caused her to go to Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
, with her mother and sisters. In Damascus
Damascus
Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major...
, she studied in the Department of Acting of the Higher Academy of Theatrical Arts. She was mentored by some of Syria’s best known actors, including Nayla al-Atrash, and Jihad Sa’d.
Acting career
While a freshman in collegeCollege
A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage varies in English-speaking nations...
, Nadine made her first TV series
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
with the famous Syrian director Najdat Ismail Anzour
Najdat Ismail Anzour
Najdat Ismail Anzour is a Syrian television director of Circassian origins. He is most known in the Arab world for his prolific TV series with a distinct style. His father Ismail Anzour, the director who made Taht sama'a Dimashq , Syria's first silent film, in 1932...
called al-Kawasir. It was a 29-episode fantasy epic set in medieval Arabia about chivalry, war, love, and tribalism. In it, Nadine played the role of Zumuruda, a horse-riding, sword-flashing barbaric heroin. She has since made one play
Play (theatre)
A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...
, two TV movies
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
, one film for the cinema, and over ten television TV series.
Her most notable works are the movie Ru’aa Halima (Vision of a Dreamer) and the TV series al-Taghriba al-Filasiniyya (The Palestinian Exile). In the show, she plays Jamila, a shy but revolutionary young girl in conservative Damascus during the 1970s who wants to explore the world, but is prohibited from doing so due to her restrictive father and the old-fashioned society she lives in. Her feminine awakening coincides with her national consciousness, and in despair from her surrounding, she escapes to Lebanon to join the PLO forces after the Israeli invasion of Beirut in 1982, seeing death, or "resistance", as the only solution to her suffering.
Al-Taghriba al-Filistiniyya (The Palestinian Exile), directed by Hatem Ali, is her other significant work, where Nadine stars with Syrian actor Jamal Sulayman. The series, about twentieth century Palestinian history, recounts the Palestinian uprising of 1936 against the British Mandate and the Zionist immigrants coming from Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
(actual Zionist immigration came from around the world including North Africa
North Africa
North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...
and the Southwest Asia
Southwest Asia
Western Asia, West Asia, Southwest Asia or Southwestern Asia are terms that describe the westernmost portion of Asia. The terms are partly coterminous with the Middle East, which describes a geographical position in relation to Western Europe rather than its location within Asia...
). The movie is set in Haifa
Haifa
Haifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher...
, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
; and uses the Palestinian dialect of the Arabic language. Her most recent works include "Khalf al-Qudban" (Men Behind Bars), "Ashwak Na'ima" (Soft Thorns), and "Ahl al-Gharam" (The People of Passion).
Filmography
- Al-Kawasir (1998) - TV
- Masrahi wa Masrahiyya (1999) - TV
- Lil Amal Awdeh (1999) - TV
- Al-Mizan (1999) - TV
- Amir al-Qulub (1999) – TV Movie
- Al-Ayyam al-Mutamarrida (1999) - TV
- Spotlight (2000) - TV
- Al-Basir (2000) - TV
- Radm al-Asatir (2001) - TV
- Ru'a Halima (2001) - Film
- Zaman al-Wasl (2001) - TV
- Soura (2002) - TV Film
- Unshudet al-Matar (2003) - TV
- Zamat al-Samt (2003) - TV
- Tarek Ibin Ziyad (2003) - TV
- Kihl al-Iyoun (2004) - TV
- Hikayat Kharif (2004) - TV
- Asr al-Junon (2004) - TV
- Kihl al-Iyoun (2004) - TV
- Faris Bani Marwan (2004) - TV
- Al-Taghriba al-Filastiniyya (2004) - TV
- Ashwak Na'ima (2005) - TV
- Asiyya al-Dame (2005) - TV
- Ahl al-Gharam (2006) - TV
- al-Batreek (2006) - Short film
- Ratl Kamel Min al-Ashjar (2006) - Short film.
- Sada al-Roh (2006)
- Wasmet Aar (2007) - TV
- Al-yawm al rabe wa al-thalatin (2006)- Documentary
- Rasael al-Hubb wa al-Harb (2007)- TV
- Katheer Min al-Hubb katheer Min al-Ounf (2007)- TV
- Haza al-Aalam (2007) - TV
- Jubba (2007) - Cinema
- Sabe Dakaik ila Muntasaf al-Layl (2007) - Cinema
External links
- Official web site (note: entry is incomplete and uses different English spelling)
- Playing the popularity game (November 27, 2003) - Article by Sami Moubayed in EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
's Al-AhramAl-AhramAl-Ahram , founded in 1875, is the most widely circulating Egyptian daily newspaper, and the second oldest after al-Waqa'i`al-Masriya . It is majority owned by the Egyptian government....
Weekly, which mentions her father Nabil Salameh and his disappearance.