Omar Sharif Speech at Cairo International Film Festival 34 كلمة عمر الشريف مهرجان القاهره للسينما

كلمة عمر الشريف من حفل افتتاح مهرجان القاهرة السينمائى الدولى 34
30 نوفمبر 2010 || Omar Sharif Speech at Cairo International Film Festival 34

Omar Sharif, the Egyptian actor best known for playing Sherif Ali in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) (Oscar best supporting role nominated and golden globe winner ) and the title role in Doctor Zhivago (1965) (golden globe leading actor winner) , was born Michel Demitri Shalhoub on April 10, 1932 in Alexandria, Egypt to Joseph Shalhoub, a lumber merchant, and his wife, Claire (Saada). Of Lebanese and Syrian extraction, the young Michel was raised a Roman Catholic. He was educated at Victoria College in Alexandria and took a degree in mathematics and physics from Cairo University with a major. Afterward graduating from university.
Sharif became a star in Egyptian cinema. His first movie was the Egyptian film Struggle in the Valley (1954) ("The Blazing Sun") in 1953, opposite the renowned Egyptian actress Fetan Hamamah whom he married in 1955. He converted to islam to marry Hamama and took the name Omar al-Sharif. The couple had one child (Tarek Sharif, who was born in 1957 and portrayed the young Zhivago in the eponymous picture) and divorced in 1974. Sharif never remarried.
Movies
Lawrence of Arabia 1962 https://amzn.to/2Mnv9uV
Doctor Zhivago 1965 https://amzn.to/2U5IwCU https://amzn.to/2T6lWK4
Funny Girl 1968 https://amzn.to/2T391sw
Monsieur Ibrahim 2003 https://amzn.to/2Do2FP2

Books
THE ETERNAL MALE: OMAR SHARIF: My Own Story https://amzn.to/2SZKnck
Bridge https://amzn.to/2T2Qqg1