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Salma

2025 · 1 season

A slow, emotionally heavy drama about a woman starting over, with quiet tension and small moments of warmth.

Genres
Drama
Starring
Maram Ali, Nicolas Mouawad, Stephanie Atala
Overview
Salma's life unravels overnight when her husband vanishes under mysterious circumstances, leaving her alone with two young children, no money and no answers. Forced back to the working-class neighbourhood she once escaped, she rebuilds from nothing — reconnecting with her family, confronting buried secrets and slowly finding her footing again. A deeply emotional Arabic adaptation of the acclaimed Turkish series Kadin, starring Maram Ali and Nicolas Mouawad.

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Genres
Drama
Starring
Maram Ali, Nicolas Mouawad, Stephanie Atala
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • survival
  • isolation
  • identity
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Starring
Maram Ali, Nicolas Mouawad, Stephanie Atala, Takla Chamoun, Nichola Daniel, Toni Issa, Natasha Choufani, Saad Minah
Length
1 seasons, 90 episodes, 45 min each
Network
MBC Shahid
Country
Lebanon, Saudi Arabia
Languages
Arabic

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