Omar Sharif, Jr., actor, activist, and author (A Tale of Two Omars: A Memoir of Family, Revolution, and Coming Out During The Arab Spring) in conversation with New York Times bestselling author Andre Aciman (Call Me By Your Name, Find Me, Out of Egypt). The grandson of Hollywood legend Omar Sharif on his father’s side and Holocaust survivors on his mother’s, Omar Sharif Jr. learned early on how to move between Muslim and Jewish worlds. 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.
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