OMAR SHARIF: AN ARAB LEGEND

Hasan A. Yahya, Ph.Ds          One of the leading few legendary actors in Arab cinema, was Omar al-Sharif (born Michael Demitri Shalhoub; April 10, 1932) is an Egyptian actor who has starred in many Hollywood films. He is most famous for his roles in Doctor Zhivago, Funny Girl and Lawrence of Arabia. Sharif has been nominated for an Academy Award and has won a Golden Globe. In his time, two other famous actors: Rushdie Abazah, and Ahmad Ramzi were rising together as young graduates from Alexandaria school. He was the selected Arab person to join Hollywood. Sharif was fluent in three languages: Arabic, English, and French. And later he has knowledge of some Italian, and Spanish. As of his  personal life, he  was born Michael Shalhoub in Alexandria, Egypt,  to  Egyptian Catholic parents. In a ... [more..]

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ISAAC TOUSSIE PARDON ALL BURJ AL-ARAB LOVERS!

Isaac Toussie chants, Third World no more, the United Arab Emirates has become an international mecca for financial services, with all the attendant wealth and luxury, its city of Dubai hosting the only seven-star hotel on the planet. The Burj Al-Arab lies on its own island, about nine hundred and twenty feet away from the shore of Dubai, connected by a private causeway off limits to casual visitors. Actually, it would be far more accurate to say that the hotel arises out of its own island (if you'll pardon the characterization), as the Burj Al-Arab soars to a height of one thousand and fifty-three feet tall, majestically looming all out of proportion to the small artificial island on which it has been situated, and, in order to further guarantee the privacy of its elite guests, a ... [more..]

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WHERE TO FIND GREAT BROADBAND QUALITY MOVIES & TELEVISION PROGRAMMES FOR FREE

If you are looking for places on the internet where you can watch broadband quality movies and television programmes for free, then please read this free guide to broadband movies & television as it will save you lots of time searching for good broadband content. The first website we would recommend to you is called Like Television which you can find at http://www.liketelevision.com/ This site has many thousands of full length films for you to watch for free as well as comedy programmes , cartoons, scifi, classic TV, vintage commercials, music videos and history clips for you to enjoy at broadband quality. The next site we recommend is called Classic Movies which can be found at http://www.classicmovies.org/links/streamingvideo.htm and is where you can find descriptions and links to over 25 different broadband film websites, some of ... [more..]

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