Salah Tizani (in Arabic صلاح تيزاني), full name Salaheddine Mohammad Ameen al Tizani (born 1927 in Tripoli, Lebanon) is a well-known Lebanese actor and comedian. He is best known for his character Abou Salim (in Arabic أبو سليم), the title character of a few long-running Lebanese comedy television series, where he portrayed the character of a funny, simple and conciliatory man trying to solve the rifts between the various characters in the series. The series were credited to "Abou Salim and his Troupe" (أبو سليم وفرقته) and included other memorable characters such as "Fehmen," played by

Mahmoud Mabsout Mahmoud Mabsout ( ar, محمود مبسوط), also known by the character Fehmen ( ar, فهمان) (1941 – 25 July 2011) was a Lebanese actor. Biography Mahmoud was born in 1941 in Tripoli, North Lebanon. He was not good at school, as he said ...

, "Asaad," played by Abdallah Homsi, "Shukri Shukrallah," played by Salah Sobh, and "Zaghloul," played by Fouad Hassan, all of whom were actors from the northern Lebanese city of

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.''Al Akhbar'' Lebanon: فهمان ــ أبو سليم: المقلب الأخير

Life and career

Tizani started his acting career on Tripoli stages, until he was signed with

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's Channel 7 to produce and present the series ''Abou Salim'' (in Arabic أبو سليم) or ''Abou Salim al Tabl'' (in Arabic أبو سليم الطبل) as a main rival to another very popular series called ''Abou Melhem'' (in Arabic أبو ملحم) (starring Adib Haddad and his wife Salwa Haddad), which aired on

's channel 5. After a very long run, the series ''Abou Salim'' was stopped in 1975 with the eruption of the Lebanese Civil War. New series with the same title character were launched in the 1990s on Lebanese television stations. And in 2000, Dubai TV also produced a series of episodes with the same characters entitled ''Abou Salim 2000''. Besides ''Abou Salim'', Salah Tizani appeared in a number of other comedic programmes. He also appeared in stage acts by the Rahbani Brothers with the Lebanese diva Fairuz. On the wide screen, he appeared in the long features '' Safarbarlek'' and ''Abou Salim in Africa''. He also recorded a number of comedic songs which were released on vinyl.

Filmography

Television series

* ''Abou Salim'' (أبو سليم) * ''Sayyarat al Jam'iyya'' (سيارة الجمعية) * ''Koul Yawm hikaya'' (كل يوم حكاية) * ''Al Abwab as Sab'aa) (الأبواب السبعة) * ''Al milyoner al muzayyaf'' (المليونير المزيف) * ''Foundouq al saada'' (فندق السعادة) * ''Abou Salim 2000'' (أبو سليم 2000) * ''Abou Wisam'' (أبو وسام)

Theatre

* ''Al Mousafer'' (المسافر) * ''Naeem wa faheem'' (نعيم وفهيم) * ''Safarbarlek'' (سفربرلك) * ''Bint el hareth'' (بنت الحارس) * ''Kher el deen'' (خيرالدين)

Films

*1962: ''Abou Salim fil Madeena'' *1963: ''Abou Salim rasoul el gharam'' *1965: ''Abou Salim fi Afriqya'' (أبو سليم في أفريقيا) *1966: ''Safarbarlek'' in role of Fares (سفربرلك) *1967: ''Bint el hareth'' (بنت الحارس)

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* {{authority control Lebanese comedians 1929 births Living people Lebanese male stage actors Lebanese male television actors Lebanese male film actors 20th-century Lebanese male actors 20th-century comedians 21st-century Lebanese male actors 21st-century comedians Male comedians People from Tripoli, Lebanon