Maryam Saleh (; born 1985Ahmad Zaatari:
Maryam Saleh: Rocking Sheikh Imam's Revolutionary Songs
", ''Al-Akhbar English'' 27 December 2011.), full name Maryam Saleh Saad () is an Egyptian singer and songwriter (including

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and

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) and actress.

Life

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.Fayrouz Karawya
",''Egypt Independent'',August 11, 2011.
/ref> He died in a fire in 2005 in

Beni Suef Beni Suef ( the capital city of the Beni Suef Governorate in Egypt. The city is the location of Beni Suef University. An important agricultural trade centre on the west bank of the Nile River, the city is located 110 km (70 miles) south of ...

. Among her father's friends was Sheikh Imam, who had great influence on her.Chitra Kalyani:
-quite-contrary / Maryam, Maryam, quite contrary
", '' Daily News Egypt '', 2 October 2011. 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), for which she also sang the title song. Around 2008, she founded her band Jawaz Safar, in which only the instruments

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and

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were played. In 2008 she founded the band Baraka, 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 and later sung by her sister Nagham Saleh. Since 2010 she works together with the Lebanese musician

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; the music was described as Arab

. Maryam Saleh starred as the prostitute Mona Farkha in the 2011 Egyptian short film '' '' (, '' Hadouta Men Sag ''; Director: Aida El-Kashef) as part of the Dubai International Film Festival.Thoraia Abou Bakr: To Ask or Not to Ask: Who is Maryam? ", '' Discord Magazine '', March 2012.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saleh, Maryam Egyptian singer-songwriters 21st-century Egyptian women singers Psychedelic rock musicians Egyptian film actresses Egyptian stage actresses Living people 1985 births