Salaam

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Salaam (also spelled salam) may refer to:

As a word

• A short form of As-salamu alaykum, an Arabic (or Arabic-derived) greeting.
• salām سلام, the Arabic for "peace", see Š-L-M
• ሰላም, the Geez (Ethiopian) word for "peace" and for "health", also used as a greeting

Persons

Given name

• Salaam bin Said Al Shaksy, Chief executive
• Salaam Remi, American hip hop record producer

Surname

• Waleed Al-Salam, mathematician
• Ephraim Salaam, American football player
• Rashaan Salaam, American football player
• Abdus Salam (name)
• Florin Salam, Romanian manele singer
• Kawther Salam, Palestinian journalist
• Mohammed Ahmed Salam, Yemeni prisoner
• Mullah Salam, Afghan military personnel
• Nawaf Salam, Lebanese diplomat, academic, jurist
• Saeb Salam, Lebanese politician, former Prime Minister
• Tammam Salam, Lebanese politician, present Prime Minister

Places

• Salam, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Iran
• Salam, Mali
• Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
• Al Salam Bridge; see Suez Canal Bridge

Businesses and organizations

• Al-Salam SC, a sports club based in Sohar, Oman
• Salaam Transportation, Head Office, Willmar, MN USA
• Salaam TV, an independent satellite television channel
• Zee Salaam, an Indian Hindi- and Urdu-language Islamic TV channel owned by Zee Network
• Salaam Bank, a commercial bank headquartered in Bosaso, Somalia
• Salaam Somali Bank, a commercial bank headquartered in Mogadishu, Somalia
• Salam Zgharta, a Lebanese association football club

Music

• Salaam (album), an album by the British singer/songwriter, Sami Yusuf
• Salam (album), an album by the Pakistani-Canadian singer, Irfan Makki
• Salam, album by Fariborz Lachini
• Salam, album by Alabina
• "Salaam" (song), a peace song by Mosh Ben Ari

Other uses

• Operation Salaam, a 1942 World War II covert Abwehr operation in North Africa led by László Almásy
• Salam Leaf or Indonesian Bay leaf, leaf of a plant in the Myrtaceae family

See also

• Lal Salam, a salute, greeting or code word used by communists in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal
• Dar es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania
• El Salam Maritime Transport
• Salim (disambiguation)
• Selam (Australopithecus), a fossil specimen found in Dikika
• Shalom (disambiguation)