Sharif, Omar

Summary: "The grandson of Hollywood royalty on his father's side and Holocaust survivors on his mother's, Omar Sharif Jr. learned early on how to move between worlds, from the Montreal suburbs to the glamorous orbit of his grandparents's Cairo. His famous name always protected him wherever he went. When in the wake of the Arab Spring he made the difficult decision to come out in the pages of The...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHARIF, OMAR, JR. SHA

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B SHARIF SHA

Summary: When an isolated valley unaffected by the raging war around it becomes a winter haven for a band of mercenaries, violence erupts.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2004

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE LAS

Summary: Presents the story of T.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole), the heroic and troubled man who organized the Arab nations to fight the Turks in World War I and then, having reached a pinnacle of power in Mideast politics, retired to postwar military obscurity.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 2000

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LAW

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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD LAW

Summary: A haunting tale of the love of an English officer for an Indian princess, set against the splendor of Imperial India in the 19th century.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 1984

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV FAR

Summary: A poet and surgeon, husband and lover finds his life disrupted by war. It alters the lives of many, including Tonya, the gentle woman he marries and Lara, the woman he cannot forget.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2010

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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE DOC

Summary: In the 1890's Frank T. Hopkins, a former U.S. Cavalry dispatch rider who is haunted by memories of what he saw at the battle of Wounded Knee, and his mustang Hidalgo, are performing in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, billed as the greatest horse and rider the West has ever known. This leads them to be invited to run in the 3,000 mile endurance race across the Middle Eastern desert, the Ocean of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Entertainment 2004

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE HID

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Hi

Summary: The story of T.E. Lawrence, the heroic and troubled man who organized the Arab nations to fight the Turks in World War I and then, having reached a pinnacle of power in Mideast politics, retired to postwar military obscurity.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 2002

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Lawrence

Summary: A musical film that follows the early career of stage comedienne Fanny Brice.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment 2001

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FUN

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS FUN

Summary: The man and the myth are larger than ever in this spectacular retelling of a timeless adventure. Packed with groundbreaking special effects, journey through breathtaking worlds where anything is possible.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Genius Entertainment 2008

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GUL

Summary: An elderly Turkish Muslim grocer befriends a lonely teenage Jewish boy in a working class section of Paris.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Classics 2004

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MON

Summary: A poet and surgeon, husband and lover finds his life disrupted by war. It alters the lives of many, including Tonya, the gentle woman he marries and Lara, the woman he cannot forget.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2001

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOC RATED PG-13

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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE DOC

Summary: Marcus Aurelius Antonius is philosopher-emperor of Rome who summons his empire's governors and princes to his German war headquarters for a Pax Romanus. He confides to his daughter, Lucilla, that his adopted son, Livius, will succeed him instead of his more unstable heir, Commodus. Overhearing this, Cleander, a blind prophet loyal to Commodus, presents Marcus with a poisoned apple. After the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Company 2008

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FAL

Summary: Tells the story of Hadassah, the young Jewish girl who becomes the Biblical Esther, Queen of Persia. Despite her position, Hadassah's life is in danger, as the state has decreed that all Jews will be put to death. Defying warnings to remain silent, however, Hadassah struggles to save her people, even as she seeks to win the heart of the king.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family One 2006

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD O