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Michel Shalhoub's secondary schooling was at the prestigious Victoria College in Alexandria, after which he reportedly graduated from Cairo University with a degree in math and physics. Shalhoub made his Egyptian film debut in The Blazing Sun in Between and , he appeared in twenty-four Arabic-language films, and became a well-known actor in Egypt—the Hollywood of the Arab world.

Although Shalhoub was raised as a Catholic Christian, he converted to Islam and changed his name to Omar Sharif in in order to marry Fatin Hamama, a Muslim who was one of the leading actresses in Egypt. Sharif became internationally known outside the Arab world after playing a lead role in the famous film Lawrence of Arabia , a part for which he received an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor.

Sharif has appeared in many English-language films, and starred along with many famous actors, including Doctor Zhivago , starring with Julie Christie and Funny Girl , with Barbra Streisand.

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A big star in the s and s, he made a comeback in the film Mr. Ibrahim , in which he played the role of an old Arab man in Paris who adopts a young Jewish boy. On the set of his first film, Sharif became bored during the long pauses between his scenes and took up the game of bridge to while away the time. He pursued his interest in contract bridge, becoming one of the world's leading authorities on the game and authoring several books on the subject.

By the mids, Omar Sharif had become one of the most recognized film stars in the world, hugely popular both in the Arab world and the West. He won the Golden Lion lifetime achievement award for fifty years in films at the Biennale Venice Film Festival after the film Mr.