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The Resource A tale of two Omars : a memoir of family, revolution, and coming out during the Arab Spring, Omar Sharif, Jr

A tale of two Omars : a memoir of family, revolution, and coming out during the Arab Spring, Omar Sharif, Jr

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"The grandson of Hollywood royalty on his father's side and Holocaust survivors on his mother's, Omar Sharif Jr. learned early on how to move between worlds, from the Montreal suburbs to the glamorous orbit of his grandparents's Cairo. His famous name always protected him wherever he went. When in the wake of the Arab Spring he made the difficult decision to come out in the pages of The Advocate, he knew his life would forever change. What he didn't expect was the backlash that followed. From bullying, to illness, to attempted suicide, to becoming a victim of sex trafficking, to death threats by the thousands, to revolution and to be never being able to return to a country he once called home, Omar Sharif Jr. has overcome more challenges than one might imagine. Drawing on the lessons he learned from both sides of his family, A Tale of Two Omars charts the course of an iconoclastic life, revealing in the process the struggles and successes that attend a public journey of self-acceptance and a life dedicated in service to others"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Extent
212 pages
Contents
  • Introduction
  • Icon & iconoclast
  • World's apart
  • Funny boy
  • Doctor Zhivago Jr.
  • Che! (oy vey)
  • New beginnings
  • Omar of Gayrabia
  • Trophy boy
  • Rock the Casbah
  • A tale of two Omars
  • Epilogue
Isbn
9781640094987
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A tale of two Omars : a memoir of family, revolution, and coming out during the Arab Spring
Title
A tale of two Omars
Title remainder
a memoir of family, revolution, and coming out during the Arab Spring
Statement of responsibility
Omar Sharif, Jr
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Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"The grandson of Hollywood royalty on his father's side and Holocaust survivors on his mother's, Omar Sharif Jr. learned early on how to move between worlds, from the Montreal suburbs to the glamorous orbit of his grandparents's Cairo. His famous name always protected him wherever he went. When in the wake of the Arab Spring he made the difficult decision to come out in the pages of The Advocate, he knew his life would forever change. What he didn't expect was the backlash that followed. From bullying, to illness, to attempted suicide, to becoming a victim of sex trafficking, to death threats by the thousands, to revolution and to be never being able to return to a country he once called home, Omar Sharif Jr. has overcome more challenges than one might imagine. Drawing on the lessons he learned from both sides of his family, A Tale of Two Omars charts the course of an iconoclastic life, revealing in the process the struggles and successes that attend a public journey of self-acceptance and a life dedicated in service to others"--
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Provided by publisher
Biography type
autobiography
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11008159
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Sharif, Omar
Dewey number
  • 791.4302/80922
  • B
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
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True
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  • Sharif, Omar
  • Sharif, Omar
  • Motion picture actors and actresses
  • Motion picture actors and actresses
  • Gay activists
  • Gay men
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a memoir of family, revolution, and coming out during the Arab Spring
Label
A tale of two Omars : a memoir of family, revolution, and coming out during the Arab Spring, Omar Sharif, Jr
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Publication
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- Icon & iconoclast -- World's apart -- Funny boy -- Doctor Zhivago Jr. -- Che! (oy vey) -- New beginnings -- Omar of Gayrabia -- Trophy boy -- Rock the Casbah -- A tale of two Omars -- Epilogue
Dimensions
23 cm
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Extent
212 pages
Isbn
9781640094987
Lccn
2020056858
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • 3508868
  • (OCoLC)on1233024922
Label
A tale of two Omars : a memoir of family, revolution, and coming out during the Arab Spring, Omar Sharif, Jr
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- Icon & iconoclast -- World's apart -- Funny boy -- Doctor Zhivago Jr. -- Che! (oy vey) -- New beginnings -- Omar of Gayrabia -- Trophy boy -- Rock the Casbah -- A tale of two Omars -- Epilogue
Dimensions
23 cm
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Extent
212 pages
Isbn
9781640094987
Lccn
2020056858
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • 3508868
  • (OCoLC)on1233024922

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