A Tale of Two Omars
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OMAR SHARIF JR. is an Egyptian Canadian actor who currently lives in the United States. He is the grandson of Omar Sharif, the actor.
A Tale of Two Omars
Copyright © 2021 by Omar Sharif Jr.
First hardcover edition: 2021
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for permission to publish reprinted material:
“Coming Out Story: We’re Not in Cairo Anymore” © 2012 by The Advocate.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Sharif, Omar, Jr., author.
Title: A tale of two Omars : a memoir of family, revolution, and coming out during the Arab Spring / Omar Sharif, Jr..
Description: First hardcover edition. | Berkeley : Counterpoint Press, 2021.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020056858 | ISBN 9781640094987 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781640094994 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Sharif, Omar, 1932-2015—Family. | Sharif, Omar, Jr. | Motion picture actors and actresses—Egypt—Biography. | Motion picture actors and actresses—Canada—Biography. | Gay activists—Canada—Biography. | Gay men—Canada—Biography.
Classification: LCC PN2978.S5 S53 2021 | DDC 791.4302/80922 [B]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020056858
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