Actor Omar Sharif's grandson: Gay and Jewish - The Jesalem Post

Contents:

• OMAR SHARIF JR: I’M GAY AND JEWISH
• HALF JEWISH, GAY AND DCENDANT OF AN EGYPTIAN LEGEND: OMAR SHARIF JR. TELLS ALL NEW MEMOIR
• IS OMAR SHARIF GAY?
• OMAR SHARIF’S GRANDSON COM OUT AS GAY AND HALF-JEWISH
• ACTOR OMAR SHARIF'S GRANDSON: GAY AND JEWISH
• OMAR SHARIF JR. COM OUT AS GAY, HALF-JEWISH: 'AM I WELE EGYPT?'
• THE PLAY’S THE THG NEW BOOK ‘GAYS ON BROADWAY
• MYKONOS NIGHTS: OMAR SHARIF JR. ON THE GAY GETAWAY'S SEXUAL ALLURE

OMAR SHARIF JR: I’M GAY AND JEWISH

Mol and actor Omar Sharif Jr., the grandson of Egyptian screen in Omar Sharif, has revealed not only that that he is gay but also that his mother is Jewish.

And beg openly gay has always meant askg for trouble, but perhaps pecially durg this time of polil and social upheaval. “Will beg Egyptian, half Jewish, and gay forever rema mutually exclive inti? It didn't take long before I realized that Mykonos was an allurg paradise for gay men.

HALF JEWISH, GAY AND DCENDANT OF AN EGYPTIAN LEGEND: OMAR SHARIF JR. TELLS ALL NEW MEMOIR

There were gay and straight people partyg together on the beach and sexualy was a non-issue. He didn't have to say he was gay, bee there was no reason to hi or expla .

“He told me you n’t be succsful Hollywood if you’re not OK wh Jews and homosexuals, ” says Omar Junr, lghg. Brish gay magaze Attu regnised his urage by givg him an Inspiratn Award last October. Omar Sharif has never ma any public statement about this, so all mors about if Omar Sharif is gay rema pletely unfound and unproven.

Yet, as often happens wh artists of this field, the mors that Omar Sharif is gay are persistent, which is surely annoyg. In any se, celebri too often refe to discs their private liv, so we never know if one is gay or straight.

IS OMAR SHARIF GAY?

We'll be more than happy if you share wh any h news about the qutn - Is Omar Sharif gay? He me out as gay a 2012 say  The Advote, which he tailed the treatment of LGBTQ people Egypt and plead for more acceptance of queer people wh the Arab world. USA Today reports some of the biggt revelatns, cludg that the ernment of Egypt attempted to strip him of cizenship 2012 followg his g out, not only bee he was gay, but bee he also revealed his Jewish herage.

Related: Omar Sharif’s Grandson Com Out As Gay And Half-Jewish. Sharif further claims his mother didn’t react well to his g out, gog so far as to blame his beg gay as the e of her breast ncer.

OMAR SHARIF’S GRANDSON COM OUT AS GAY AND HALF-JEWISH

Sharif also mentns that his late grandfather–the star of Lawrence of Arabia and Funny Girl–knew he was gay, and accepted him. The grandson of legendary actor Omar Sharif—bt remembered by gay dienc as Barbra’s squeeze Funny Girl—has e out the Advote both as gay and half-Jewish, neher of which will make him very popular his native Egypt.

Is Sharif’s plight more tragic than that of a gay Egyptian whout a famo name or the fancial means to flee to the U. When he revealed his homosexualy 2012, his grandfather fully supported him but upon receivg ath threats om his fellow Egyptians he reloted to Canada to be wh his mother and then later to the Uned Stat. His work on behalf of the gay muny earned him The Advote’s 40 Unr 40 award 2014 and 2015 and Attu Magaze’s Inspiratn Award 2016.

ACTOR OMAR SHARIF'S GRANDSON: GAY AND JEWISH

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It's not easy beg gay Egypt. "I hantly nfs: I am Egyptian, I am half Jewish, and I am gay.

OMAR SHARIF JR. COM OUT AS GAY, HALF-JEWISH: 'AM I WELE EGYPT?'

The grandson of two-time Goln Globe wng actor Omar Sharif "hantly nfsed" an article published Sunday that he is gay and half Jewish, and worried about beg wele Egypt. Will beg Egyptian, half Jewish, and gay forever rema mutually exclive inti?

It didn’t take long before I realized that Mykonos was an allurg paradise for gay men. He didn’t have to say he was gay, bee there was no reason to hi or expla .

But when you're Egyptian, Jewish and gay – inti often ngent wh each other – you're bound to face Omar Sharif Jr.

THE PLAY’S THE THG NEW BOOK ‘GAYS ON BROADWAY

We learn about his mother's breast ncer, ath of his baby sister and the history of his Holot survivor grandparents, as well as his many trmatic experienc wh gay men – cludg a closeted man who once implied he would shoot Sharif if he outed him. But when you're Egyptian, Jewish and gay – inti often ngent wh each other – you're bound to face Omar Sharif Jr.

We learn about his mother's breast ncer, ath of his baby sister and the history of his Holot survivor grandparents, as well as his many trmatic experienc wh gay men – cludg a closeted man who once implied he would shoot Sharif if he outed also tails his mother's poor ial reactn to his g out: "Don't tell your father!

MYKONOS NIGHTS: OMAR SHARIF JR. ON THE GAY GETAWAY'S SEXUAL ALLURE