![]() In midst of them, we can see Umar Ibn Al Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him) supplicating to the Lord while doing the Tawaaf around the Ka'abah. ![]() The series commences with the 23 year of Hijra at Makkah, where the Muslim pilgrims have come together for the Hajj. ![]() The series depends solely on established historical facts hence didn't face criticism in terms of its content as past movies on similar subjects did. Ī 30-episode series showcasing the various events during the life of Umar Ibn Al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him) from his pre-Islamic days till his assassination. Diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2012, Sharif died of a heart attack on July 10, 2015, in Cairo, Egypt.The life of Umar Ibn Al-Khattab, the second Caliph of Islamic State, before and after he embraces Islam.įarouk Omar is a historical Arab series co-produced (2012) by MBC1 and Qatar TV and directed by Hatem Ali, which is based on one of the best companions of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) and the 2nd Caliph of the Islamic state, Umar Ibn Al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him). For his performance, he won the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival and the Best Actor César, France's equivalent of the Oscar, from the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma. As an actor, Sharif had made a comeback in 2003 playing the title role of an elderly Muslim shopkeeper in the French film Monsieur Ibrahim (2003). I want to live a different kind of life, be with my family more because I didn't give them enough time.". I had too many passions, bridge, horses, gambling. Sharif told the press in 2006 that he no longer played bridge, explaining, "I decided I didn't want to be a slave to any passion any more except for my work. Sharif also wrote several books on bridge and has licensed his name to a bridge computer game, "Omar Sharif Bridge", which has been marketed since 1992. In the 1970s and 1980s, he co-wrote a syndicated newspaper bridge column for the Chicago Tribune. Beginning in the 1960s, Sharif earned a reputation as one of the world's best known contract bridge players. ![]() The couple had one child ( Tarek Sharif, who was born in 1957 and portrayed the young Zhivago in the eponymous picture) and divorced in 1974. He converted to Islam to marry Hamama and took the name Omar al-Sharif. His first movie was the Egyptian film The Blazing Sun (1954) ("The Blazing Sun") in 1953, opposite the renowned Egyptian actress Faten Hamamah whom he married in 1955. Before making his English-language film debut with "Lawrence of Arabia", for which he earned a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination and international fame, Sharif became a star in Egyptian cinema. Afterward graduating from university, he entered the family lumber business. He was educated at Victoria College in Alexandria and took a degree in mathematics and physics from Cairo University with a major. Of Lebanese and Syrian extraction, the young Michel was raised Catholic. Omar Sharif, the Egyptian actor best known for playing Sherif Ali in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and the title role in Doctor Zhivago (1965), was born Michel Demitri Shalhoub on Apin Alexandria, Egypt to Joseph Shalhoub, a lumber merchant, and his wife, Claire (Saada).
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