THE ARABIC ADAPTATION OF NIPPON TV'S MEGA-HIT DRAMA FORMAT
"WOMAN -MY LIFE FOR MY CHILDREN-", TITLED "SALMA"
SET TO AIR AND STREAM ON MBC1 TV CHANNEL AND SHAHID STREAMING PLATFORM BEGINNING AUG 17TH

The Series is Produced by Medyapim, the Production Company Behind the Successful Turkish Adaptation Kadin (based on Nippon TV's format Woman -My Life for My Children-) And the Hit Arabic Version of Nippon TV's Mother, Oumi.
 

Nippon TV, Japan's leading multiplatform entertainment powerhouse announced today that Medyapim, a leading production group in Turkey, has finalized production of the Arabic language version of Nippon TV's award-winning drama series Woman -My Life for My Children-. Following the immediate success of the Arabic version of Nippon TV's Mother titled Oumi, the new Arabic series is titled Salma, meaning "peace", derived from the root word "salam", and will premiere on MBC, the largest and leading media company in the Middle East and North Africa, on August 17th, 2025, and stream on its streaming platform Shahid.

Nippon TV's Woman -My Life for My Children- is produced by the creators of Asia's most exported scripted format Mother, with Cannes Film Festival award winner Yuji Sakamoto as the script writer and Hisashi Tsugiya from Nippon TV as the producer and tells a heart-gripping story of a single mother's unconditional love for her children and her economic plight in a harsh reality. The series aired on the network in 2013, two years after Mother stole the hearts of audiences, and caused another sensation throughout Japan.

Medyapim adapted Woman -My Life for My Children- titled Kadin for the Turkish audience in 2017, after the enormous success of their adaptation of Nippon TV's Mother, Anne. Adding local essence and side stories to the format and creating three full successful seasons lasting a total of 81 episodes, Kadin is still currently distributed as a readymade in over 60 countries. Salma, the Arabic version, will follow the story of Nippon TV's original series as well and 90 episodes will be produced.

Medyapim has previously produced three drama series for MBC, including the Arabic adaptations of BBC Studios' Doctor Foster, Turkish drama War of the Roses, and Nippon TV's Mother.

Headquartered in Saudi Arabia, MBC GROUP is the largest and leading media company in the Middle East and North Africa, dedicated towards enriching lives through information, interaction, and entertainment. With a commitment to serving audiences worldwide and featuring in key markets, MBC GROUP is home to a plethora of iconic brands, departments, and entities that include TV and radio offerings, a streaming platform, production and talent houses, and more. MBC GROUP operates over 13 free-to-air TV channels and 3 radio stations. The Group also operates Shahid, the world's leading Arabic streaming platform

The announcement was made today by Keisuke Miyata, Scripted Format Licensing at Nippon TV, and Fatih Aksoy, Chairman of Medyapim.

Quote from Keisuke Miyata, Scripted Format Licensing at Nippon TV:
"The heartfelt story penned by Yuji Sakamoto and produced by Nippon TV has already reached the hearts of audiences in an astonishing 60+ countries through the superb adaptation by Turkey's Medyapim. This time, we look forward that our story will reach deep into the souls of the Arabic audience through Salma. Salma's struggle to survive and to forge a path for herself as a woman amidst all odds and many tribulations will surely pull viewers deep into her life story that ultimately leads her to happiness because she followed the voice of her heart."

Quote from Fatih Aksoy, Chairman of Medyapim:
"When I first adapted the Nippon's drama called "Woman" in Turkey, it was my mother who inspired me at every step. In her strength, I saw the quiet resilience shared by millions of women like the one at the heart of this story. My mother was a Turkish woman of Arab descent. And now, to have brought this series to life once more in my mother's native language is profoundly exciting for me."

Tareq Al-Ibrahim, Director of MBC1, MBC DRAMA and SVOD content at Shahid added: "This collaboration depicts the true power of storytelling that transcends borders and cultures. 'Salma' is a meaningful example of how diverse voices can come together to create stories that resonate universally. Through Nippon TV and Medyapim, the series has honoured its Japanese roots and Turkish evolution, and now with MBC GROUP on board, we are excited to be bringing a local and authentic essence to Arab audiences. This production is proof of what can be achieved when creative forces from different parts of the world unite around a shared human experience."

ABOUT Woman -My Life for My Children-
Woman -My Life for My Children- is a heart-gripping story of a single mother's unconditional love for her children and her economic plight in a harsh reality.
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ABOUT MBC
MBC GROUP is the largest and leading media company in the Middle East & North Africa region that enriches people's lives through information, interaction and entertainment. In 2002, nearly a decade after the launch of MBC1 in London, in 1991, MBC GROUP moved its headquarters to Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates. In September 2022, MBC GROUP launched its new headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Today, MBC GROUP includes over 17 leading TV channels: MBC1 (general family entertainment); MBC2 & MBC MAX (24-hour western movies); MBC3 (children's edutainment with a mix of both local productions and western acquisitions); MBC4 (entertainment for young families with a female-focus); MBC ACTION (an indigenous adrenaline-packed channel targeting young males with local and homegrown productions); MBC VARIETY (Western films and general entertainment with uninterrupted broadcasting); MBC DRAMA (24/7 Arabic drama) & MBC+ DRAMA (a joint pay-TV channel between MBC and OSN); MBC PERSIA (general family entertainment dubbed and subtitled in Farsi); WANASAH (24-hour Arabic music channel); MBC MASR & MBC MASR2 (general family entertainment geared towards the Egyptian family); MBC BOLLYWOOD (delivering the freshest in Bollywood content geared towards the region via an Arabized interface); MBC USA (on "Dish Network" in the US); MBC IRAQ (a premium channel aimed at the entire Iraqi family), MBC5 (new satellite channel dedicated to the Maghreb); all of them benefit from MBC STUDIOS which produces the region's most compelling premium content for cinema, television and on-demand platforms. MBC GROUP also includes two FM radio stations: MBC FM (Gulf music) and Panorama FM (contemporary Arabic hit music).
Furthermore, part of MBC GROUP is Shahid, the world's leading Arabic streaming platform, home to highly rated original productions from the Arab world, a wide range of exclusive movies and premieres, as well as the top watched live Arab TV channels.

ABOUT MEDYAPIM
MEDYAPIM was founded in 1993 by the partnership of Fatih Aksoy (producer & director) and Guzel Sanatlar Holding. It made a very fast and noticeable entrance into the tv business with smash hit entertainment shows during the first years of private televisions in Turkey. In the year 2000, MEDYAPIM took an innovative step and adapted the famous US Series «The Nanny», marking its place as the first production company in the world to adapt a US series. MEDYAPIM has also adapted many worldwide popular programs in Turkey with great success including «Popstar». which broke rating records in Turkey.
In the past decade, MEDYAPIM has moved towards producing more scripted content, especially dramas. It has produced many successful adaptations of foreign scripted series as well as many original series Which have garnered worldwide success.
MEDYAPIM has multiplied its production capacity by parenting other production companies including MF Yapım, No:9 Productions, NTC Media and Mednova.
Today MEDYAPIM is recognized as one of Turkey's biggest content producers.

ABOUT NIPPON TV
Nippon TV is Japan's leading multiplatform entertainment powerhouse, as well as owner of streaming giant Hulu in Japan. Nearly 90% of its content IP is fully owned by Nippon TV and the company has been active in bringing its content to the international market in the form of anime, ready-made programs, formats, and through co-production partnerships.
Their scripted format Mother is recognized as the format with the most number of adaptations in the world by an Asian series, with local versions produced in South Korea, Turkey, Ukraine, Thailand, China, France, Spain, Mongolia, The Philippines, Greece, and Saudi Arabia.
The company has also recently announced Gyokuro Studio, an in-house production arm, and Nippon TV LA Business Office, the co-development and sales headquarters for US/LatAm, both dedicated to unscripted formats.
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