Riz Khan - Omar Sharif - 10 Oct 07

[mohannadalhelo]

omar sharif is the greatest arabic actor in the world and we all proud of him.

[joker35428]

so cute Omar

[kimo88golf]

i love his black and white movie he was always a womens man

[gnossticc]

Dr.Zhivago, and ICONIC film!

[aan3]

One of the greatest actors alive! Such a great sense of humor! Along with Sidney Poitier, Sami Bouajila (French Tunisian actor), Nicholas Cazale, Forrest Whittaker and Gabrielle Union. Would love to meet him one day! Congrats Mr. Sharif! Keep going! :)

[waitingformypopcorn]

I think if I talked to him I'd sound like sarah. He is suuuch a beauty inside and out. An inspiration.

[grecobactrian]

Hahaha, he's hilarious. He has NEVER lost his charm.

[a7sana7dat]

uah , i truely love him !!!

[violetta74a]

his beauty has no time

[medceltic]

she is a legend men.

[LH3301]

I watched both Lawrence of Arabia and Dr Zhivago when I was in high school, my mom bought a computer for me so I was able to watch some foreign movies (we have no DVD players at home). I love both movies very much. everything including the music! I am a big fan of OS.

[Pistache0113]

This is great man!

[MyBrokenSoul365]

Egyptian Lovee <3

and fyi he was actually a born Catholic who then converted to Islam in 1955. He was married ONCE to an Egyptian actress whom he was deeply in love with. He had ONE son Tarek with her. They divorced..and he never fell in love again. oh and he doesn't have multi-religious children, he has ONE son (Tarek). So stop with the bullshit rumours. He's a brilliant actor..full stop.

[ginger42256]

Joan from Virginia's email calling him narcissistic is beyond insulting and I am proud of how Omar handled being insulted on live tv.

[Acidrainisapain]

Wow, at 75, he's still a very handsome and telegenic man.

[skycastles79]

I wonder why he changed religions. Hope he returns to his Christian roots.

[Saharaa21]

@skycastles79 Why should he...He sees goodness in Islam that many muslims do...Offcourse not the terrorist and brain washed muslims...But the rest of the liberal 4 billion muslims...Muslims from Africa and other parts of Asia..not the Pakistani's Afghani's Saudi's who opress their women and are constantly tryin to blow themselvs up! Which can i tell u is more to do with their culture than the religion!

[MAsadMunir1]

@Saharaa21 Sorry brother you have very much disinformation regarding Pakistan, We the Pakistanis never oppress our women ,neither we believe upon women bashing.Yeh but we as a nation like JIHAD and trying to fight since last 30 years against very strong committee of 300.

[knight7315]

@skycastles79

iam happy for him.

He chose be supportive

[RamsisForEver]

I like this presenter 

[translationwiz]

Omar Shariff knows Al Qaeda's address................But the CIA/MI6; just cant find that 6ft.4in Arab . LOL..........Maybe they should hang out at movies. Watch the post that says: Dear Al Qaeda 5th cave on Mt. Tora Bora.

LOL.

I just had to comment on the correspondence w/the Qaeda.

paz/peace/salam/shalom

[ezgarl1]

I would like to meet him one day some day in near future..he seems like a great role model

[hamzaz1991]

when I am 70 I wanna be just like him thin ,healthy, still looking good ,extremely sharp ,trilingual ,intellectual wow respect for omar sharif

[canarinni]

@hamzaz1991 not only trilingual , he also speaks greek

[pedaret]

screw omar sharif, i didn't know utill now but he is a idiote lol

[MsFay8]

why presenter asked too personal questions :-)

[pattonsgirl27]

This reporter is the worst reporter I have ever seen. I hope this is not a popular show because he has no television personatliy or interviewing techniques.

[nekhtful]

Come-on !!!!

Anyway, cher Omar, ce n'est pas la peine non plus de protester avec autant de vigueur quand le présentateur vous dit que votre petit fils est juif , c'est un peu décevant - il n'y a pas non plus besoin de "rassurer" le bon peuple... Lets fight for peace and tolerance toward one another, damn it !

Everyone likes Omar Sharif ! His reputation is of a man of good and humanity. But when it comes to women, well, I guess this guy is reeaal egyptian !!

[nekhtful]

When - WHEN ? - these obsessions about judaïsm, "hidden" judaïsme, will STOP ?

What is the fucking point ??????!!!!!!!

"Hey people, did u know that actually Omar Sharif is gay, communist, jewish, bouddhist, islamist, did u know that Omar Sharif is a punk ?"

[mima1234561]

@nekhtful how do know he is gay ???????? have you slept with him

[11101ahmed]

did any body know that omar was a jew who converted to islam when he married the movie star faten hamama

[talkingshadow]

@11101ahmed

was Christine ya koko

[NewZealandAri]

@11101ahmed

Omar was Christian but he has a Jewish grandson.

A real man of peace

[gigilingling]

What a charming person !

[bilbob7624]

What a wonderful actor. He adds so much to any project he's involved in.

[7REAMY]

great Omar Sharif

[mahmoudzakgad]

Omar Sharif

Representative of an Egyptian born in Egypt in the Egyptian family who converted to Islam and married a Muslim woman and begotten son of Egyptian Muslim

what The difference in that

[theo28011]

yeahhhhh man , you are right

although you are missing an important part here

his mother is syrian and his father is lebanese from zahle

but you are right , because he never likes to talk about his lebanese roots

[theo28011]

he converted to muslim to marry faten hamama

but his parents died christians

sorry , i'm correcting you

because you re giving false infos

anyway , youssef chahine who is lebanese-greek as well refuses to mention his lebanese roots

but it's ok , we have more important actors in lebanon winners of oscar and grammys

like nadine labaki lately who was nominated to oscar , and who is ranked top 10 best promoting directors i the world

[mahmoudzakgad]

The first president of Egypt, Mohammad Najib Sudanese mother and father grew up in Egypt and the Sudan, but it belongs to Egypt and was born in Egypt does not mean that Sudan because Egypt is a country of birth and the formation of personality

Anwar Sadat and Sudanese mother but was born in Egypt and grew up and grew up, this does not mean that Sudan

[theo28011]

well well well :)

there is a fact , that he's originally lebanese . and his genes are lebanese , and about his personnality , a child first learning comes from his parents . and i guess he was very influenced by his parents

but as i told , he usually puts a condition before any interview , he doesn't like to answer questions about his roots

and us , in lebanon , we don't see him that important

[theo28011]

the only thing he mentioned once , was this " having lebanese roots follows you everywhere"

he said that in an inteview done in lebanon , and the critics came after to sense that he's comparing himself having lebanese roots is like a criminal record that follows a criminal to his death

[mahmoudzakgad]

It's not about genes, but which affected the environment and the people who helped him and the country that believed in his talent and and placed him on the road to success

Najib el Rihani is Iraqian , Nabulsi from Jordan and and the sabah is Lebanese and Nagwa Fouad Palestinian and Shadia Turki of her father .but they get their way and found in Egypt

[theo28011]

mahmoud :) man which environment you re talking about , omar el shariff studied in london . 60% of his youth was in foregn schools

anyway , i personnally like his works but he's not my idol ..

sorry ..

[mahmoudzakgad]

ok man and i like him too and i like u

you are a sophisticated man in your personality and in talking

[theriverQueen01]

@mahmoudzakgad

You Should get your Facts Straight and don't Take the Words of People and Their Rumours on the Internet as a "Trust" Source about our EGYPTIAN Hertiage..I Can show you that Some People Claim who built the Great EGYPTIAN Civilization are "aliens" From the Space and unluckily Some "Naive" uneducated People Belive them.. Omar El-sharif is ALEXANDRIAN EGYPTIAN 100 % by genes and Blood

[theriverQueen01]

and my Grandfather god bless his soul was knew them and they are EGYPTIANS 100% cause his business was in the Furniture and Omar's Father was had a Timber Factory in Famous and oldest Area in Alexandria called "Al-Attarin"...and the Grandmother of my Friend her Grave is Near to the Grave of "Youssef Chahine" God Bless his Soul in Aflaton street in Alexandria..and Both of them "Youssef Chaine" and "Omar El-sharif" Were Friends and Graduated from "Victoria College" in ALEXANDRIA

[theriverQueen01]

Please Tell "Theo" his Nadin labki that he's Happy of her so much like that she admitted in one of her interviwes that she grew up Watch our oldies EGYPTIAN Movies Cause Every one knows that EGYPT is the "HollyWood" of the Middle East and we are the First People in the Middle East who have a Cinema Production Since 1908..even Many Crticize her that she was Copy her Video Clips from the EGYPTIAN Movies like "Akhsmak Ah" and "ah We NOss".."Ya tabtab we adala3" and Many!

[mahmoudzakgad]

Youssef Chahine, Omar Sharif of the assets of the Lebanese-Syrian, but they and the born and raised in Egypt and formed the personality of Egypt, which made them and many others

Gamal Abdel Nasser of the children over and is a Yemeni tribe originally Does this mean that he yemenian and Barack Obama are Kenny and Sarkozy Hungary

[theo28011]

yes , all those you mentioned , have their parents culture in their vains

obama 's first official visit was to egypt

sarkozy 's caracter , is obviously not french

they have their parents genes but they develop a personnality according to their parents first then the society around

btw, tony chalhoob another international lebanese actor , who has the same family name as omar el sharif . has won more prizes than omar

[jellybreaks]

@theo28011 tony shalhoub won a golden globe and an emmy... omar sharif was nominated for an oscar , won a cesar ( which is the same with the oscar ), won 3 golden globes, won the venice film festival best actor award and the list continues.. Omar sharif was a hollywood legend and a classical actor, the sex symbol in hollywood for nearly 10 years, tony shahoob is know for monk only.. How can you say tony shalhoub is a major star?

[jellybreaks]

@mahmoudzakgad You arabs ruined egypt, until egyptians don't kick you all out they will never prosper..

[mahmoudzakgad]

@jellybreaks

shut up idiot im coptic muslim im not arab and 70% of the people of Egypt is copts that we are only sons of Ancient Egyptians so fuck of

[jellybreaks]

@mahmoudzakgad i am half egyptian too and i am not talking about egyptians, i am proud of being egyptian, i am talking about syrians, saudis and other savage nations that are not egyptians. And it is written fuck off, please learn some grammar. Oh and you can't be a coptic muslim, you can be a copt or a muslim, a copt is not a heritage. To be jewish can be a heritage as i am an egyptian jew. Read more..

[mahmoudzakgad]

@jellybreaks

I'm Egyptian Muslim Coptic,Copts are People and race, not religion .

Whether you are Jewish or not Jewish you are Egyptian and thats enough.

You are my brother you are Egyptian

[theriverQueen01]

@theo28011

I Think all of you should get over your Selves and Stop to Hijack our Great EGYPTIAN Icons..Cause unfortunately I Find This Headache in Every EGYPTIAN Video from ARABS about our Great EGYPTIAN Icons..I'm sure if all of you continue this Blabbing..i'm sure after few years you will Come to Claim that you also Built the Pyramids..I Never Saw any EGYPTIAN act with This Behaviour in any Viedo of u or Say such a Fantasy Claims Cause we the EGYPTIANS are People full of Pride and Diginity!

[theriverQueen01]

Omar El-sharif is PROUD ALEXANDRIAN EGYPTIAN 100 % and he's the Son of my City Alexandria and BTw he Graduated from "Victoria College" in ALEXANDRIA NOT from london as you Claim,,and he Was upset from the Rumours of People like you Said about him That's Why he refuted all this Propaganda about him in Program Called "El Goozor" Mean the ROOTS and this Program Was Front of the Pyramids to Show our EGYPTIAN Glory For ALL the World and to Confirm that he's So PROUD of his EGYPTIAN roots!

[theriverQueen01]

In a 04 September 2009 television program on Nile Cinema, Omar denied published claims that his family had originated in Lebanon, and affirmed that his parents and all his grandparents were EGYPTIANS. He remembered spending time in his childhood in his maternal grandparents' home in Tanta, Egypt. He was very attached to his grandmother, 'Abla Abdallah, who lived for more than 100 years.

[theriverQueen01]

What Wrong with you People With Alexandrinoes?..Every one know Very Well that all the Great Nationalists Proud EGYPTIANS Came from my city ALEXANDRIA..Stop also your Fantasy Claims about our International Director "Youssef Chahine" that he's 100% Proud ALEXANDRIAN EGYPTIAN and all his Moives Was about his Love "Alexandria" like "Alexnadria..Newyork","Alexand­ria..again and again","Alexandria..why".."Adi­eu Bonaparte" ..

[theriverQueen01]

our International EGYPTIAN Director "Youssef Chaine" have alot of Movies that show his love for his Homeland EGYPT and how he Was an EGYPTIAN Nationalist while he Didn't Mentioned any thing about your Country!

Can you ARABS give us a Break and stop to hijack our EGYPTIAN Glory and Hertiage..from Few Days ago Some one of you Was argue that our EGYPTIAN legend "Abdel Halim" is Palestinian..What a joke!

[Gkklein]

I am confused. His grandson, Omar, has "nothing Jewish about him". The guy is studying for a Master in Economics and is the son of Orthodox Polish Jewish mother, and "there is nothing Jewish about him???

[blacklight019]

jewish by blood, but not by belief

[Gkklein]

Apart from being technically Jewish (mother's line), he was brought up by her. He can believe in anything, he will continue to be culturally Jewish. The very idea of pursuing the Economic Sciences as a way of improving the world is inherently Jewish (tikkun olam).

[blacklight019]

well culture and religion are two separate things..my friend...and nothing wrong with being jewish....

[Gkklein]

Actually, most of the time, when we refer to religion, we mean culture. They are inseparable. Omar Sharif can be delusional as to believe that his grandson is really a Muslim, but he is Jew pretending to be a Muslim. To be commended if that is to please his dying grandfather. Delusion seems part and parcel of the Muslim psyche. That used to be their problem. Now, with globalization, is everyone's problem.

[blacklight019]

um no...culture is how we behave socially...religion is what we believe......you have to be born jewish just like you have to be born arab......however, you can be born muslims or become muslims...

[mahmoudzakgad]

Gkklein  . friend

Omar Sharif that was converted to Islam and his son was born of a Muslim or a Muslim in a Muslim society and Muslim culture distinct and his grandson

Came from a Muslim father and grandfather muslim and grandmother muslim

[mahmoudzakgad]

Gkklein

man he said nothing Jewish about him

And implies that religion is not Jewish

We differentiate between what is of Jewish origin, may be Muslim or Christian

And those who convert to Judaism as a religion

[iraqihero1]

how coluld he call his dad fat??? and his mum crazy?

[AhmedM85]

lmao he's such a flirt

[RideMyBMW]

I wonder why he divorced his wife. Seems like a cautionary tale to me...

[presbourg]

I saw him in Royal monceau Hotel In Paris , he look very old .

[hansotimunda]

an interresting man, and what an actor, his classics like dr zhivago, lawrence of arabia, and others would always be remembered.

wish him all the fun and peace in life.

[hector2o2o]

mima i never said he was full time muslim but like 65% of his life he was an egyptian muslim and he is not related to tony shalhoob cause shalhoob's family is a well know jewish origins family ifrom lebanon he is just from the family not close related to him

[hector2o2o]

omar sharief is an egyptian muslim but he was brought up in deffrent places one of them is england but more than 60 percent of his life was in egypt and he is from egyptian lebanese origins

[mima1234561]

omar real name Michel shalhoob he is lebanese christian maronit  ( catholic ) he came from a wealthy lebanese family ,who moved to Egypt

and worked in business ,as a lot of other christian wealthy lebanese who moved to Egypt at the turn of the century ,and involved in establishing ,the theater ,cinema,and the news papers...

omar changed his name to an islamic one ,when he marred a muslim Egyptian actress .

he related to the Lebanese American actor

tony shalhoob

[QuietRain]

lol did you listen to the whole interview? look at how he speaks of his grandson's religion. 'he is not jewish, he's muslim... he respects his mother... he's with us'

us? that's basically his admitting that he's muslim. albeit a man who intensely loves women, life and who has had problems with gambling that he did leave. I am astonished though at all the mystery concerning his religion.

[sononobird]

omar elsherif denys that his family originally from lebanon and he said his family 100% egyptians

my source wikipedia

[hector2o2o]

u'r right and he is not lebanon he just got some relatives from lebanon originaly

[mahmoudzakgad]

sononobird friend

There is a lot in my own country of Yemeni descent,

They and their parents were born in Egypt, this does not mean they Yemenis

[mahmoudzakgad]

sononobird .friend

Give me your opinion of Citizenship because the president of France and the U.S. of the first generation in their country

[zack2anderson]

i went to the same school that he did ;D...and people for god sake stop fighting on which religon he is now or was, it` his own religion

[angelica88202]

omar sharif es un gran actor

[TheEgyptianOne]

yea if u still dont know that EGYPT is the center of entrtainment in the middle east the ur ignorant. same like the USA hollywood is the center of eroup and the world.

[zarchit]

GREAT actor and great person. Always admired you Omar, always loved your old movies in Egypt when I was growing up. now I live in the USA and still watch all those old movies on youtube.

Great interview, Omar is very frank and straight forward with his answers.

[armanmuhammad]

interviewer sucks.. lovely omar, honest and refreshing!

[zibabahadori]

why all men love Omar sharif ?! thats a puzzel for me !

[TheEgyptianOne]

because he is like elvis and michael jackson women and men love him he is an iconic figure.

[sara5ano]

women too

[samuelw41]

ahhhh lovely omar. still very classy, even in his 70s. and still sexy!

omar you haven't lost one bit of your charisma!

[richarri]

Awesome actor, I still remember watching his movies with my dad. I've always believed he invented the "cool" in acting not Sean Connery. If he were but 10 years younger Kingdom of Heaven would have been famous for his portrayal of Saladin not the poor decision to cast a boy in a man's role which was the case with Orlando Bloom.

[bisofiso]

whatever his religion is, it's not our fuckin' business... as long as he always an amazing actor... and he didn't insult any religion before !

[amareno84]

@bisofiso That´s the best answer I ever read !! Don´t misunderstand me but like I know that Michael Chalhoub alias Omar Sharif was born as a jew then converted to Islam..But he´s famous for being liberal!!

[jamiluTV]

omar sherif its my best actor

[violetrose28]

omar sherif not from lebanen he is egyptian he said that may times and if he has any grand pa from lebenon it doesnot mean he is lebenon Obama has akenen grand pa but he is american bez he born in america and his cluture is american and omar sherief born and educate and lived in egypt and when he will die he will choose to die in egypt

[asilahvista]

He is still so attractive.

[mesho91182]

i like you very much omar

[greenvally3]

to supermanpaki, you are realy realy dirty, you are sick man , shame on you stupid idiot , you have no manner

[greenvally3]

he changed his religion just to marry faten hamama and he is good person and eudcuated becuse he was born and broght and decent christians , no christain changed to moslem in fact only by name, but his heart knows the truth that Jesus is the light and the truth and he is the light of the world and he is God and islam is fake rliogion and has no humanity in the teaching of islam

[MyHavanese]

You, 'supermanpaki' are such a despicable species, that I cannot believe your words were posted!!! You will one day learn what those horrible words will cost you... when you face your maker, I'm sure. My God, what kind of trash there is in this world!!!

[fotobuff01]

I would very much like to meet Omar especially to hear his stories about making Lawrence and Zhivago.

[Anjaan1971]

Long Live Omar Sheriff

[aatef12]

omar shariff is cool like me coz we were born in alexandria same city

[zhusller]

Omar Sharif was born in Alexandria in 1932 to Joseph and Claire Chalhoub and was christened Michel Dimitri Chalhoub. He was later to change his name and convert to Islam. Sharif was a plump child.

In 1953 Sharif starred in The Blazing Sun (Sira' fi-l-wâdî) -- and married Faten Hamama two years later, in 1955. They broke up in 1974 after having one child, Tarek Sharif (born 1957), who starred when he was 8 in Doctor Zhivago as Yuri.

Russian Civil War of 1918-1920

In Lawrence of Arabia 1962.

[libanlibre10452]

Omar AL Shareef is a Christian Lebanese whose real name is Michel Dimitri Chalhoub.

All talentful people are Lebanese!

[g0ldschlager]

bullshit! que de la merde putain de libanais

[maria20078]

It's not bullshit! It's the TRUTH. Do your homework.

[maria20078]

Got that right!

[shakoool]

hes ehyptian of lebanese syrian descent plus he was a jew not christian !!!

[msabssa]

He converted to Islam because he wanted to marry Fatin Hamamah and stayed a muslim even after they divorced...

[SweetestRania]

where is your cinema talented people ? you don't have even lebanese cinema , only the Egyptian cinema is the one, thats why Omar El sherif is talented because he was born on this land "EGYPT" and the Egyptian director Mahmoud Zo Al Fokar gave him the chance to act,Do your Homework well without cheating from wiki because they are liars ,when you ask Omar Sharif,where are you from he will tell you from Egypt and I am Egyptian Jewish,his father was a Jewish Merchant .

[SweetestRania]

Then he converted to Islam to mary the Egyptian actress Faten Hamama , being christian is only a rumor and you will never find guys looks like him in Lebanon but simply there are some Egyptians copycat of Omar Sharif in Egypt or even have his same style like Khaled Abol Naga

[mima1234561]

he is a christian Lebanese either you like it or not

his real name is michel shalhoub

shalhoub family is a well known family in lebanon

[djenna3ali]

idiot if you watched the whole video you read that he converted to islam in 1950

[elghazoli]

It doesn't go b genes it's the country where you live and where you grew up

You see if a country opens it's door to artists and scholars regardless of nationality and religion the country advances

and thats how Egypt was long time ago

[ExChristian2716]

He changed his name and religion a long time ago.

[ticazz]

lool..lebanese he says..well..omar himself claims to be egyptian not lebanese and in more that one interview he said that he is proud to be egyptian, and he said egyptians are not arabs so he is cutting any possiblity for anyone to connect him to any arabic country.

[jjnnvjnfdjkvkjnfv]

never , he's egyptian from alex , not lebanes. don't say lyes.

[yankee4321]

Omar Sharif is really Lebanese...both parents are Lebanese.

[farah559]

his egyptian jewish... and am sure,, there were no jewish in lebanon btw

[quebicboy]

his name is omar and it's an islamic

[supermanpaki]

He is American

[charminglayla]

he is a wonderful actor, he ha put his heart and soul in all his movies and egyptians are so proud of him, his eyes have remained the same and he seems to be a down to earth kind of a man, bless him

[egymagnet]

hey guys guess what my name is omar but not sharif its not a joke

[Gregory10000000000]

He is indeed charismatic!

[eslam1212]

I'm egyptian and we love omr el sharif i hope happy live for him

[Marackis]

Undoubtedly, one of the greatest and most charismatic movie personalities of ALL time!

[queenofnile2]

you made a great interview omar; very honest,charismatic and sweet man. love ya

[beethoven4ever]

Yeah, he should have bombed them!

[RideMyBMW]

"very shocked to hear my hero Omar sherif admitting in his interview having contact with Al qaeda" - kevnaz

Al K-Da put a contract out on Omar for playing St. Peter ? Fu&%in terrorist towelheaded basturds, look where they got them islams now, got half of the middle east lookin like fu%$in Flintrock.

[hashish79]

Omar Sharif defines real happiness!

[sbort]

he was AMAZING in funny girl.

one of the sexiest performances EVER.

<3

[ghosthunterchristine]

omar you are still handsome, love hes attitude on relationship and marriage.what a lovely guy.

[Kuuloo]

funny man lol

[jazzmanEE]

omar sharif man!! respect !!

[JustinEarth1]

Omar Sharif is a very good actor. He has charisma too.

[nizarbabayrayjam]

all Tunisia love Omar sherif alot

[thisislizz]

The interviewer sucks. Omar rules!

[RFJrulez]

I loved him in "The Appointment".

[CERNOBE]

He's so old now...

[asy4]

"Lawrence of Arabia": Omar Sharif and Peter O'Toole, two of the most gifted actors in cinema history -- and two of the most beautiful men in cinema history. I think the only actor around these days who can give them a run for their money in terms of both acting ability and sheer gorgeousness is Johnny Depp. He's still a very attractive man -- and of course, his acting chops are still first rate.

[asianbee21]

i loved monsieur ibrahim.

[mihacr]

a nice man, a good actor..a beautefull life.. a legend..

[0saltandpepper0]

the interviewer, damo te2eeeel beshakl. Riz khan is much better

[masrurkhan]

He is one of my idols, a true legend. If I ever win an two OSCARs I'd give one to him. He deserves it more than me.

[stefanclick]

God bless him! :))

[desertWiz]

Ooo, I think Egyptian women are going to love the flattery..

[saqibakascarface]

LOL Omar chatting up the girl!

[Dido225]

a true legend

[msgg81]

a true hero on & off the silver screen