Maryam Saleh

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.[2] He died in a fire in 2005 in Beni Suef. Among her father's friends was Sheikh Imam, who had great influence on her.[3]

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),[3] for which she also sang the title song.[1]

Around 2008, she founded her band Jawaz Safar (Arabic: جواز سفر), in which only the instruments oud and tabl were played.[1] In 2008 she founded the band Baraka (Arabic: بركة),[2] 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[1] and later sung by her sister Nagham Saleh.[3]

Since 2010 she works together with the Lebanese musician Zeid Hamdan; the music was described as Arab trip-hop.[4]

Maryam Saleh starred as the prostitute Mona Farkha in the 2011 Egyptian short film A Tin Tale (Arabic: حدوتة من صاج, Hadouta Men Sag ; Director: Aida El-Kashef) as part of the Dubai International Film Festival.[5][6]