Talk:Omar Sharif
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[edit] Contribution
I am suggesting the top to be as follows;
Michel Demitri Shalhoub born April 10, 1932, in Alexandria, Egypt, to Joseph and Claire Shalhoub. Known as Omar El-Sharif(Arabic: عمر الشريف;) he is an Egyptian-born actor (of Lebanese and Syrian origin) who has starred in many Hollywood films. Commonly known and credited as Omar Sharif
Also, I think we should add his Arabic Filmography.
Omernos 16:30, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Al-Qaida death threat claim?
I believe the section (under "trivia") about the purported Al-Qaida "hitlist" is inaccurate.
In the article: "...placed on a hit list issued by the terrorist group al-Qaeda"; while if you follow the link you find out it's more like "some unknown person logging into a website purportedly frequented by Al-Qaida sympathizers, posted a message saying that he should be killed."
Needless to say that's no where near "placed on an Al-Qaida hitlist." A lot of people log into jihadist forums, and a lot of them say a lot of stuff. Official Al-Qaida announcements are posted only on the bigger forums and are usually signed by some high ranking member of their media arm.
Hence I'm removing that section.
IBaghdadi 04:08, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
- Perhaps the wording was inapt, but I do think the friction between him and the jihadist wing of Islam needs to be explored.
- In fact, you could say that the entire film of Monsieur Ibrahim was an indictment of Salafist/Wahabbi doctrine.
- I'll try to find some more (credible) information that could be included in this article.
Ruthfulbarbarity 20:01, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
Here's the arab report of the death threat...it's pretty old.
http://www.albawaba.com/en/main/190926 Bustter 20:28, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Accusations of Zionism
He's definitely accused of being a Zionist. He was way back when he costarred with Streisand in Funny Girl. But times are worse these days; he's even more resented for "Mr Ibrahim." And, in a 2004 interview he apparently made a remark about letting his grandkids -- Moslem and Jew -- decide for themselves what religion they should follow. According to reports at the time (no longer available on the web), "According to the London based Elaph, the remarks that caused the storm of anger were Omar's revealing that he has two grandchildren, one Jewish and the other a Muslim. The actor had stressed that he does not interfere in religious matters and is giving his grandchildren the freedom of choosing which religion they want to follow. Omar added that he will not in any way try to influence them to both follow Islam even if his Muslim grandchild wanted to convert."
recently, there's been some level of outrage about him being given honorary presidency of the cairo film fest.
pump this page through Google's Arabic translater:
http://www.alwatan.com.sa/daily/2006-07-09/socity/socity09.htm
It's about criticism leveled at the official running the Cairo International Film Festival for making Sharif "Honorary President" of the fest.
Bustter 20:28, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
or this one:
http://www.almasry-alyoum.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=22643
it says that the magazine "Arts," a quarterly published by the General Federation of Movie and Musical Trades Unions, has accuse Omar al-Sharif of appearing in over ten films that are hostile to Arabs and Moslems.
The text concludes "It is worth mentioning that the Cairo International Film Festival refused to show the Omar al-Sharif film, "Mr. Ibrahim and the flowers of the Koran." Bustter 21:20, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
- About that, wasn't one of his reasons for conversion related to his film career, i.e. in order to achieve popularity as an Arabic film star?
Ruthfulbarbarity 04:24, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Says he Quit Bridge
In response to an interviewer's question about bridge:
"I've stopped all together. I decided I didn't want to be a slave to any passion any more except for my work. I had too many passions, bridge, horses, gambling. I want to live a different kind of life, be with my family more because I didn't give them enough time." http://www.reeltalkreviews.com/browse/viewitem.asp?type=feature&id=98
Some digging required to determine if he still does the syndicated column (or whether someone still writes it under his name)...if no one else does it, I suppose I may get to it eventually
Never mind, done. Found out that the column he used to write has been replaced by SUDOKU. Bustter 20:28, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
- The word puzzle game?
Ruthfulbarbarity 02:51, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Family Prominence
The recent BBC documentary “Suez: A Very British Crisis” included numerous clips from an interview of Omar Sharif. Both he and his family knew socially both King Farouk and (later?) Abdul Nasser. Even claiming that Farouk regularly came to his parent’s home to attend dinner parties and play Bridge. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/6045808.stm
This would indicate that his family was/is quite prominent in it’s own right. Perhaps more mention should be made of this?
It was also clear that he was “supporter” of Nasser: As private citizen…he made no mention of actual political activity. Also he served in some sort of “Citizens Militia” in Cairo during the 1956 Suez crisis. Jalipa 07:54, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] missing info
The filmography doesn't mention a classic film he starred in, "A Man in our House" (fee baytina ragul), based on the story by Ihsan Abdel Quddous. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.73.64.18 (talk) 19:26, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Omar Sharif Scroggins
Omar Sharif also appears in some TV shows credited as "Omar Sharif Scroggins" http://www.tv.com/omar-sharif-scroggins/person/25898/summary.html. I just saw him as a Taxi driver on Law & Order. SVU Jalipa (talk) 22:46, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
