The reason it has relevance is because I, as a popular Arab personality - the Arab people like me and respect me - thought it was time for me to make an ever so tiny statement about what I thought about this whole thing.

Bush before the beginning of the Iraq War telling him that Arabs were not like westerners and that Arab states were made up of sects resistant to becoming democratized. Sharif was given an honorary degree by the University Of Hull in 2010 and used the occasion to meet up with Hull City football player Ken Wagstaff. policy in Iraq and said Americans are ignorant.

He has been nominated for an Academy Award and has won two Golden Globe Awards.