Salah Tizani


Salah Tizani, full name Salaheddine Mohammad Ameen al Tizani is a well-known Lebanese actor and comedian. He is best known for his character Abou Salim, 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" and included other memorable characters such as "Fehmen," played by Mahmoud Mabsout, "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 Tripoli.

Life and career

Tizani started his acting career on Tripoli stages, until he was signed with Tele Liban's Channel 7 to produce and present the series Abou Salim or Abou Salim al Tabl as a main rival to another very popular series called Abou Melhem, which aired on Tele Liban'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 Sayyarat al Jam'iyya Koul Yawm hikaya Al Abwab as Sab'aa Al milyoner al muzayyaf Foundouq al saada Abou Salim 2000
  • ''Abou Wisam''

Theatre

Al Mousafer Naeem wa faheem Safarbarlek Bint el hareth
  • ''Kher el deen''

Films

  • 1962: Abou Salim fil Madeena
  • 1963: Abou Salim rasoul el gharam
  • 1965: Abou Salim fi Afriqya
  • 1966: Safarbarlek in role of Fares
  • 1967: ''Bint el hareth''