Jamal Suliman ( ar, جمال سليمان) is a

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, director and actor of television,

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, and stage. Suliman was born in 1959 in the Syrian capital of

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, then part of the United Arab Republic. Suliman studied at the acting department of the Higher Theatrical Arts Institute in Damascus. He started his career acting on stage and producing television series. Suliman then continued his studies in Britain and obtained a Master's degree in theatrical studies from Leeds University. He is currently married to Rana Mohammad Salman, daughter of ex-minister of Syria, Mohamad Salman. They have a son named Mohammad.

Biography

He returned to Damascus as a professional actor in the mid-1980s, starring in many successful television series, coming into prominence with the 2001 historical television series of ''

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'', depicting the life of the great Muslim leader Saladin. Suliman also had roles in a few films, but has preferred to use the television as his main medium for stardom. Suliman's popularity and fame spread to the wider Arab audience on his selection to play a prominent role in the late Ahmad Zaki's movie ''Halim''. This role in the Egyptian cinema, known as the "Hollywood of the Middle East", gave Suliman further horizons on which to expand on, upon which his starring role in the Egyptian television series ''Hada'eq el-shaytan'' (''Gardens of the Devil'') has made him an Arab cult hero in terms of television. On the whole, Suliman received rave reviews for his acting in the series, his role involving having to accustom himself to the ''Sa'eedi'' accent and traditions (region of Upper Egypt with a distinct dialect of Arabic involved). In 1994 he played the role of Dr.Saeed in the film Survivor (Bazmandeh) directed by Seifollah Dad, this film based on the novel "Return to haifa" written by Ghassan Kanafani. Despite this, Suliman also received criticism from a number of Egyptian critics, journalists and actors alike, claiming that many Egyptian actors would have happily and effectively taken on this leading role in the Gardens of the Devil. Suliman had been quoted to saying that his determination to act in the Egyptian television had increased ever since criticisms were leveled against him. On a humanitarian level, Suliman was selected as an ambassador of the United Nations Population Fund in 1999. He is a member in the

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which is a

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party founded in March 2016 in Cairo.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Suliman, Jamal 1959 births Living people Syrian male television actors People from Damascus Syrian male film actors Syrian Alawites 20th-century Syrian male actors 21st-century Syrian male actors Syrian dissidents Alumni of the University of Leeds

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