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

eng

autobiography

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non fiction

A tale of two Omars

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Omar Sharif, Jr

a memoir of family, revolution, and coming out during the Arab Spring

"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, attempted suicide, becoming a victim of sexual exploitation, death threats by the thousands, and 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"--, Provided by publisher

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

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