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Khaldoon Al-Maleh

Khaldoon Al-Maleh

Directing

Biography

Khaldoun Al-Maleh was a pioneer Syrian television and media director and producer. He co-founded the Syrian Arab Television in 1960 and the Syrian Artists Syndicate in 1969. He formed an artistic duo with the artist Duraid Lahham and directed many series for him that exported the Levantine dialect to Arab world

Known For

Salt & Sugar
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“Salt and Sugar” is the first Syrian work shown on Syrian television in 1973 during the month of Ramadan, and its events take place inside the prison when the social worker (Sabah Al-Jazairi) visits the prison to search for the cause of the prisoners’ delinquency, and (Dhiab Mashhour) sings the song “Alamaya,” and remembers Ghawar Al-Tosha (Duraid Lahham) is his mother and longs for life outside the bars. He sings his famous songs “Lou Lou Lou” and “Oh my beloved woman, ya mo.” The artist Dhiyab Mashhour also sings “Ya Abourdin.” The artist Taroub also presented two songs, “Tik Tok,” as part of a competition organized by Hosni. Al-Borzan (Nihad Qalai) inside the prison, through a Syrian comedy act starring Duraid Lahham and Nihad Qalai, in collaboration with Yassin Bakoush, Naji Jabr, Najah Hafeez, Abdul Latif Fathi Sabah Al-Jazairi and others, and the work is directed by Khaldoun Al-Maleh.

Salt & Sugar

1973Series