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Jay’s guest is the grandson of the late Omar Sharif. Like his grandfather, this Omar Sharif – Omar Sharif Jr. – is an actor. And an Egyptian. He is also a model and a gay-rights activist. He is a speaker at the Oslo Freedom Forum, in Norway. That’s where Jay caught up with him, for a most interesting conversation: about Omar Sharif, about coming out gay, about coming out half-Jewish at the same time, about the aftermath of these revelations, about Arab societies at large, etc.
Coming out gay and half-Jewish would not provoke even a yawn in many places. In Egypt? Put it this way: Omar Sharif Jr. did a very gutty thing.
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Thank you so much for doing these interviews Jay. Americans are collectively freaking out about North Carolina asking trans-people to use the men’s restroom but so much of the world has real and horrible bigotry. I’m very glad that someone can take a big picture view of the world.
What a great interview.
What is this Norway gig that throws up such gems? I seem to recall a really interesting interview from there last year as well.
Jay is at the Oslo Freedom Forum.
Very interesting. I will keep my eye out for him in movies.