years_active birth_place birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
1955 -- 2014 tripoli , lebanon 1929 salah tizani
 salah tizani -lrb- صلاح تيزاني -rrb- actor , comedian
salah tizani

salah tizani -lrb- in arabic صلاح تيزاني -rrb- , full name salaheddine mohammad ameen al tizani -lrb- born in tripoli , lebanon in 1929 -rrb- is a well-known lebanese actor and comedian , best known for his character abou salim -lrb- in arabic أبو سليم -rrb- , also the title of the long-running lebanese comedy television series of the same title , where he portrayed the character of a funny , simple and reconciliatory man trying to solve the rifts between the various characters in the series .
the programme was credited to abou salim and his troupe -lrb- أبو سليم وفرقته -rrb- and included othjer memorable characters like `` fehmen '' played by mahmoud mabsout and `` asaad '' played by abdallah homsi and `` shukri shukrallah '' played by salah sobh and `` zaghloul '' played by fouad hassan amongst others .
tizani started his acting career on tripoli stages , until he was signed with tele liban also known as channel 7 to produce and present the series `` abou salim '' -lrb- in arabic أبو سليم -rrb- or `` abou salim al tabl '' -lrb- in arabic أبو سليم الطبل -rrb- as a main rival to another very popular series called `` abou melhem '' -lrb- in arabic أبو ملحم -rrb- starring adib haddad and his wife salwa haddad .
after a very long run , the programme `` abou salim '' was stopped in 1975 with the eruption of the lebanese civil war .
the programme was restored in the 1990s on lebanese television .
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 and lebanese diva fairuz and on the wide screen in the long features `` safarbarlek '' and `` abou salim in africa '' .
he also recorded a number of comedic songs released on vinyl .
