Introduction
Kariman Mohamed Salem (Arabic: كريمان مُحمَّد سليم; 18 December 1936 – 12 September 2023), best known as Kariman (also spelled Cariman, Arabic: كريمان), was an Egyptian radio and film actress.
Life and career
Born in Cairo to an Egyptian-Turkish mother and a father of Lebanese origins, Kariman studied at the Lycée La Liberté Héliopolis. After acting in school plays, in the 1950s she began her professional career taking part in a radio children show. She then started playing secondary roles in films, before having her breakout in 1958, thanks to the leading role in Mahmoud Zulfikar's Shabab El-Yom ("Youth of Today"). Following several popular films in the 1960s, such as; Mirati Modeer Aam ("My Wife, the Director General "), she eventually abandoned her career after her marriage to the politician Mahmoud Abu Al-Nasr. She died on 12 September 2023, at the age of 86.