Shaza Salem
Biography
A famous Iraqi actress. She grew up in an artistic house, she entered the world of art when she was a student at the Institute of Fine Arts in 1975. She participated in many local, regional and international festivals. She participated in the first film Another Day. and participated in Al-Qadisiyya, Which participated in many festivals, Moscow Festival and the Cannes Festival and the Carlo Pifario Festival. From her Works: Abu ja'far almansour and The Bitter Departure.
Known For & Full Filmography9 Titles
Movie - 1979, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Before the July 1958 revolution, Abu Saeed decides to incite the peasants to rebel against Sheikh Majid Al-Iqtai, who had burned their crops, exploited them, and enslaved them for many years. He succeeds in rallying the people's spirits against him.
Movie - 1987, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The film depicts life in Iraq during the Iraq-Iran war through the characters of the fighters Jabbar and Imad (played by Jalal Kamel and Nizar Al-Samarrai). They live in the city of Basra and the Iraqi countryside amidst the war atmosphere. Jalal develops a love relationship with the beautiful girl Soha, and they both join their military duties.
Movie - 2003, 2h 15m • as Najma
Zaman is a sweet and sad story about love and devotion, hope and fear. Zaman (Sami Kaftan), and his wife, Najma (Shatha Salim), have built their happy life together in their house of reeds and, though childless, adopted a boy, Yacine (Hussein Imad), orphaned by the 1991 Gulf War. They have lived a quiet, contented existence until Najma falls ill. The local doctor tells them she needs surgery or some special medicine he does not have. And so Zaman sets off in his small boat and journeys up the Tigris to Baghdad in search of the precious cure. Thus begins the journey of salvation and discovery for "Zaman, the Man of the Reeds."
Movie - 1981, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A historical epic about the battle of Qadiseya, which was helmed by the Arabian knight Saad Ibn Abi Waqas, and which enabled Muslims from conquering Persia in 636 A.D.
Drama Series - 1999, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
People speak the Arabic language in a wrong way, and hiccups spread among people, and people are so afraid of making a mistake and thus getting hiccups, they put adhesive tape on their mouths, and they talk among themselves in sign language, until one of the villagers finds a magic manuscript that he thinks will help them In the treatment of the disease that afflicted the people of the village.
Drama Series - 2006, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
The tragedy of a country embodied in the life of Khatun, which owned beauty, money and power, and was chastity, so she saved her body from the arrogance of the governor and the injustice of her uncle to go on the journey of challenge, giving and pain
Drama Series - 1998, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
A historical drama that deals with the life story of the Abbasid Caliph Abu Ja'far al Mansur, beginning since he assumed the caliphate, building the city of peace (Baghdad) and entering the Golden Gate.
Drama Series - 1993, 16 episodes • as Huda
the series about a love story beteween Nabeel and Huda but because of the problems that happened between them, so the story ended in a dramatic way.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.