Famous People with Name Salim

Salim Jay            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Salim Jay: is a Moroccan novelist, essayist and literary critic. He was born in Paris from a Moroccan father and a French mother. He has written about 20 books, numerous essays and more than thousand newspaper articles.

Mohammed Abdul Salim            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Mohammed Abdul Salim: was an Indian footballer from Calcutta. He was the first person from the Indian sub-continent to play for a European football team, during a short but significant spell with Celtic F.C. in 1937[1].By the mid-1930s Salim, a winger, was an essential member of Calcutta’s Mohammedan Sporting Club side, and helped them to claim five successive Calcutta League titles.After the title win of 1936, Salim was invited to play two friendlies against the Chinese Olympic side. A cousin called Hasheem who lived in England, and was then visiting Calcutta, witnessed the first match. Having seen Salim’s exceptional display, Hasheem urged Salim to try his hand at European football.

Naziha Salim            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Naziha Salim: was an Iraqi artist and painter, described by the country's president, Jalal Talabani, as "the first Iraqi woman who anchored the pillars of Iraqi contemporary art [1].Naziha Salim was born into a family of Iraqi artists living in Turkey.[1] Her father was a painter, while her brother, Jawad Salim, has been cited as one of Iraq's most important modern sculptors.[1] In the 1940s, she graduated from the Baghdad Fine Arts Institution and continued her education in Paris.[1] In the 1960s Salim returned to the Fine Arts Institute as a teacher and remained at the school until her retirement in the 1980s. [1]

Abdallah Khaled Deeb Salim            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Abdallah Khaled Deeb Salim: is a Jordanian football player, currently attached to Jupiler League side KV Mechelen. He is the first footballer from Jordan to play in Belgium. He has currently played 35 times for his country, scoring 10 goals.

Mohammed Salim            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Mohammed Salim: is an Indian politician, belong to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). He was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha, representing the Calcutta North East constituency of West Bengal. In the 2009 Lok Sabha election Salim contested the new Kolkata Utt