Salma Al Arabi Callery-Aiken

Salma Al Arabi

**Salma Al Arabi** was the daughter of **Hajar Al Arabi**. She lived in the suburbs with her husband James Callery-Aiken, daughter Charlotte-Rose Callery-Aiken, son Connor Callery-Aiken, adopted daughter Macy Datta, son-in-law Asher Collins and grandchildren Noelle Street, Chase Collins, and Willow Collins. She is one of the most popular Sims in the series, often regarded as one of the biggest fan favourites of all time.

## Known CC

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* Elder Hair here
* Ponytail here
* Braided Hair here
* Wedding Hair here
* Updated hair here
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* Wedding Dress here
* Black Star Dress here
* Red/Bridesmaid Dress here
* Blazer here
* Gucci belt and jeans here

## Description

    Salma is one of the most popular and beloved characters in the whole of the series. She was introduced and developed in a time of the series when Clare would play more organically and create storylines around what Sims did on their own, rather than plan storylines independently, which attracted a lot of viewers as they could more easily see Salma as a real person trying to establish a good life with James while they moved from apartment to apartment in the city, before finally settling in an amazing house that they built together in the suburbs.

    Salma was a big pioneer who did many things for the first time: the first-ever relationship after the original Clare and Ali romance, first NPC Sim to get a makeover, the first love triangle in the series, first townie to be added to the series as a main character, the first representation of POC in the series, first Sim to fight another Sim, the first-ever proper wedding with a ceremony, first Sim to open her own business in the game, first Sim to give birth after Clare, first Sim alongside James to be a main character of not only one, but two spin-off series of Dreamhouse, first Sim to have a special interactive episode where viewers could vote on which direction her storyline should go (when MCCC accidentally gave her a second family), first Sim to adopt a pet in the series, first of the second generation to pass away, etc.

Salma embodied the prototype of a strong, confident woman who was beautiful and sensual, but also tough, clever, and business savvy. A warm and motherly figure who was very loving and protective of her own, and loved to clean, cook and look after her family. But, she was also a feisty, determined, self-assured individual, and an ambitious and goal-driven sim.

Physically, Salma had luscious wavy red hair for most of her life, which became her signature look. Her complexion was a dark gold/caramel tone, she had deep pink-red eyes and quite a well proportionate and voluptuous body that she quickly got famous for. Her style mixed elements of glam and elegance with powerful sensuality, and she was often associated with fire and the colour red.

## Toddlerhood

    Salma's life before she moved in with James was not played by Clare, therefore nothing is known about Salma's toddlerhood. Clare believes that Salma would have been a stylish and independent toddler, considering that is what she would come to be as an adult.

## Childhood

    Salma became friends with her future husband James Callery-Aiken and a girl called Diya Datta when she was a child as they attended the same school. She spent a lot of her days playing and hanging out with them. They would play on the Space Explorer in James's old backyard. Eventually, James invited Salma and Diya over at his house, which was when they got close. It was said that Salma's mother, Hajar Al Arabi, got a divorce with Salma's father. As a result Salma often had to go to a friend's house as her mother would often be busy at work trying her best to raise her child as a single mother.

## Teenhood

    Salma spent a lot of her time at the Dreamhouse. She eventually developed a crush on James but had a little bit of competition with Diya, both being two of James's closest friends from childhood. James eventually realized Diya was only a good friend and that there was no romantic chemistry between them. He then chose Salma, whom he had been getting progressively closer to on a romantic level.

However, as they kept making new friends in High School, James ended up developing a crush on another girl, Layla Tobin. Salma got jealous of Layla and went over to the Dreamhouse to talk things through with James, which caused them to take things up to the bedroom for the first time. After that, James officially chose Salma to be his girlfriend and took her on a date where they exchanged promise rings. The promise rings would, later on, create a funny and peculiar moment for the couple as it forced them to break up and start their relationship all over again once they became engaged due to a game glitch.

## Adulthood

            When James moved to San Myshuno, Salma moved in with him shortly after. She became a chef and started gardening as her main hobby. While they lived in 19 Culpepper House, she had a fight with her boss and neighbour Raj Rasoya, who was noisy and invasive and would constantly step into their apartment without permission to argue with the couple in an intimidating way. Salma eventually decided to take matters into her own hands and fight him off.

Eventually, Salma and James got married and had their first child, a girl named Charlotte-Rose Callery-Aiken who is usually referred to as Charlie-Rose. The name “Rose” was ironic as she was conceived in a rose bush at James and Salma's wedding. However, this was not intentional. The household continued getting bigger as James's sister Jessica Callery-Aiken (Jessy) moved into the apartment with her future wife Roxy Jett.

    One day while visiting the apartment, Salma's mother Hajar had a sudden death after Clare aged her up into an elder in CAS, becoming the first official death in the series. Hajar continued to make appearances as a ghost until they released her spirit from its urn.

As Salma's passion for cooking grew, she purchased a restaurant that she called Fire and Flames, which, over time and with hard work, she turned into a five-star establishment. She also hired James's old love interest, Layla. Salma became a successful businesswoman and started growing her empire as a renowned celebrity chef.

    At this point, they had moved from the Fashion District to the Arts Quarter, in 122 Hakim House, which was very close to Salma's restaurant, Fire and Flames.
Salma and James became very successful at their respective jobs and eventually gathered enough money to move to a modern mansion in the suburbs - The Summer Home in Windenburg - leaving the apartment to Jessy, Roxy, and their adopted daughter Ciara Fisher. Whilst living in the Summer Home, James and Salma had their second child, a boy named Connor Callery-Aiken, who was famous for breaking hearts and dating many girls before falling for his now-wife, Erika Callery-Aiken.

When Connor was still a toddler, she adopted a British Golden Retriever that they called Bruno with the intention of giving Connor a childhood companion. Bruno was the first pet added to the series and Salma eventually became the family member most attached to him. She was often seen spending time with him on the couch and taking him on long walks and jogs outside (although Bruno was quite a lazy dog).

    Salma became a grandmother after Charlie-Rose accidentally got pregnant with Jaime Street's baby, a girl called Noelle Street, in secret. One day Salma and James decided to pay Charlie-Rose and Ciara a visit at their new home in Brindleton Bay and found out about the secret baby. Salma was ultimately supportive and accepting of her new granddaughter.

In the last stage of her adulthood, Salma became more invested in gardening again and set a goal for herself of growing a Cowplant. She was successful in her goal and completed her lifetime aspiration as a result. However, Clare was afraid of the Cowplant eating her Sims, and Salma would constantly get up from bed to try to feed it so she deletes it.

## A Little Bit Older, A Little Bit Wiser

     As she was older than James, Salma aged up first. After their old friend Diya died, Salma decided to adopt her orphaned daughter, Macy Datta, becoming the first elder to adopt a child in the series. She spent more time managing the restaurant and gardening during her retirement. Salma was seen being a very loving grandmother and taking care of her younger grandchildren, Chase Collins and Willow Collins, by helping her daughter Charlie-Rose raise them and teach them important skills. She was also shown to be close to her granddaughter Summer Callery-Aiken. As she was very wealthy and had accomplished a lot of things in life, Salma decided to donate large amounts of money every day to every single charity available, becoming the series's biggest philanthropist to date.Seeing as she was the best cook in the series, Salma was responsible for hosting Harvestfest for her extended family by cooking a grand meal and helping decorate the house. The holiday was a big success and brought the entire suburban family together. It also strengthened Salma's relationship with her daughter-in-law, Erika, as it was revealed Erika looked up to Salma, seeing her as an inspiration and as a role model to follow.A few days before her death, Salma renewed her vows with James to celebrate their life together. She also got to watch Connor and Erika renewing their own vows on the same day, because they had got married off-screen. Salma passed away from old age whilst she and James were visiting the Von Windenburg Estate, the place where they got married. She passed away happily cloud gazing with her husband. She was seen again as a ghost in the Dreamhouse haunting the place at night and cleaning for the family. Her ghost was seen one more time with Roxy's to mourn her sister-in-law Emily Robins's death. A few years after Emily's death, James died of old age too.

## Gallery

### Just Salma

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### Salma With Family

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## Traits/Aspiration

* Neat
* Family-Oriented
* Cheerful

### Botanist Aspiration

Salma had the Botanist aspiration, which meant she loved gardening and would do whatever she could to help plants.

## Trivia

* Salma's last name was Al Arabi, courtesy of her mum, Hajar Al Arabi.
* Salma is known to be the best cook from all of the series.
* Salma felt happiness and joy from cleaning because she was a neat sim. This has originated a lot of memes within the fandom.
* Salma's aspiration was to be a Freelance Botanist and her traits were neat, family-oriented and cheerful.
	+ Her original lifetime aspiration was to become an Angling Ace (fishing), but Clare changed it to Freelance Botanist (gardening) upon moving Salma into her first city apartment with James.
* Her original hair colour is brunette, but she dyed it red when she was a teen and kept it red for her whole life.
* Salma, along with Diya and Layla, was involved in James's love triangle as a teen.
* Salma was the first Sim not directly related to Clare and Ali to be added into the series as a playable character.
* Salma was the first non-white Sim to be added to the series.
* She was the first Sim ever to physically fight another Sim.
	+ After this event Salma would often be called into action to settle any altercations that would occur with Raj and other neighbours, being often seen pounding on their doors when they were being noisy and stepping in for James to solve their confrontations in a more firm and assertive way.
* Salma used to love "stealing" random objects from the city as memorabilia to collect in her apartments, such as posters, snow globes, and artwork.
* Salma and James were the first Sims ever to do public woohoos. It was at their wedding in a rose bush and it was where they conceived their first child, Charlie-Rose.
* She is known as the fieriest sim ever.
* There were only two glimpses of Salma being pregnant with Charlie-Rose, the first of which happened by surprise in another series when Salma showed up for a birthday party.
* Salma was added to Roxy and Jessy's family for their wedding purely so she could bake their wedding cake.
* Salma is sometimes referred to by Clare as "Salmarrific" and "Salmaroonie".
* She was the first Sim ever to open her own business in the game, Fire And Flames, and to this day she remains the most successful business owner in the series.
* Clare made Sims be able to marry each other autonomously using MC Command Center, which accidentally resulted in Salma being married to Terry Guidry in episode #12 of In The Suburbs.
* Due to this glitch, at one point it appeared as if Salma had a second family with a secret daughter.
	+ Viewers of the series were asked to vote on whether or not the glitch should be used to create a cheating storyline, but they declared Salma innocent by voting no, keeping James and Salma an indestructible power couple.
* In a challenge video titled "Making Super Realistic Sims", Clare stated she isn't sure what Salma's background is, but she would like it to be Egyptian.
	+ While Salma's heritage is not confirmed, the two biggest possibilities are that she is either Egyptian or Saudi Arabian.
* Salma is widely regarded as one of the biggest fan favourites of the entire series and is often referred to as "Queen Salma".
* Salma's wiki page has the most amount of comments of every single Sim (approximately 1000+ comments, including all the ones that got deleted upon name changes through technical bugs on the page).
* Salma is considered to be one of the most beautiful Sims to have been on the series by Clare and fans alike.
* Salma became the biggest philanthropist to date in the series by making large donations of money to every single charity on the game during her seniority.
* Salma won the In the Suburbs popularity contest that Clare hosted at the end of her videos. She was the only person from the second generation to win the contest of her respective series.
* Salma got a facelift when she was an elder and is one of the Sims in Clare's series who looked after herself the best in old age, making her look quite young and fresh even as an elder.
* Salma's death was the only one in the series to make Clare cry on-screen aside from the original Clare and Ali joint death.
* The day in which Salma passed away has officially been turned by Clare into a Memorial Day for all the Callery-Aikens who are no longer amongst us (Callery-Aiken Memorial Day) and is set to be celebrated yearly.
* Salma is the only individual Sim so far to get a video montage with highlights of her life in the episode of her death. The only other Sims who have had it are couples: Clare & Ali and Emma & Max.
* Salma never got to meet her great-grandson, Nathan Street (the son of her granddaughter, Noelle), despite both being alive at the same time.
* In a challenge video called "Breed Out The Weird", Salma was chosen as the final Sim to salvage the genetic disarray of the all the previous subjects, resulting in a beautiful Sim named Robyn Smith that Clare has introduced to the main series.
	+ In Clare's words, Salma was chosen as the final deciding Sim for being "very special", "one of the most beautiful Sims of all", and "pretty much perfect in every way".
* All of Connor and Erika's children have names starting with S in memory of Salma: Summer Callery-Aiken, Sebastian Callery-Aiken and Sage Callery-Aiken. Salma, however, only met Summer.
* James and Salma were finally reunited in the afterlife in episode #40 of In The Suburbs, after Clare decided to let James die of old age, thus closing an entire era.
* In a livestream titled "PO Box, Q&A, Chit Chats", Clare revealed Salma was the Sim she missed the most out of all the Sims who have passed away.
* Jalma is one of the most favourite and iconic couples in the entire series, forever known as "couple goals".
* During episode #92 of the Dreamhouse series Clare declared James and Salma as the most iconic duo ever in the series, surpassing even Clare and Ali themselves.
* During episode #2 of Rags to Riches, Clare compared Willow to Salma, pointing at how similar their interests were and how they both had to go through working hard to achieve their goals, calling Willow a "mini Salma". The comparison was made once again in episode #6.
* During a Q&A held on Twitter on the 24th of April 2019, Clare stated she thought Salma was the most beautiful Sim she ever had alongside Jessy and Summer.
* She is considered to be the biggest boss lady to come out of the series, reaching success in every area of her life through hard work, commitment and perseverance (happy and stable marriage, vastly accomplished career, big loving family).
	+ Her line of descendants (the Al Arabi line) has subsequently delivered one of the most consistently stellar groups of Sims, with the female Sims often being perceived as some of the feistiest, strongest and most memorable characters in the series.
* Her full name is Salma Al Arabi Callery-Aiken.
* Salma is of Middle Eastern & Persian heritage (most likely from Egypt or Saudi Arabia)
* Salma was the first Sim considered for a prequel timeline series and was also one of the final options to become the lead character of the Discover University series alongside Pamela Delgato, who won in the end.
* Salma is one of the most popular Sims of all time in the series.
* Her great-granddaughter Nita has the same hair as her.
* Salma did not get on with Roxy. This caused issues mostly when Salma and James lived with Jessica and Roxy.
* She has the most photos in her gallery compared to any other sim.
* Salma's wiki page has the most photos.
* Fans have used Salma's custom content on the female bloodline of her family to see how similar they look to Salma.
	+ From grandchildren, it seems that Summer looks the most like Salma.
* Even years (Sim years) after her death, Salma is still considered a "queen".
* Salma appeared in the "More OLD characters get NEW transformations!" video.