Omar Sharif to world film and cultural diversity. The medal, which is awarded very infrequently, is named after Russian director Sergei Eisenstein. Only 25 have been struck, as determined by the agreement between UNESCO, Russia's Mosfilm and the Vivat Foundation. Omar Sharif Omar Sharif (, ; born Michel Dimitri Chalhoub ; 10 April 193210 July 2015) was an Egyptian actor of Lebanese origin. He began his career in his native country in the 1950s, but is best known for his appearances in both English and American productions. His films included "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962), "Doctor Zhivago" (1965), and "Funny Girl" (1968). He
Dan Michel of Northgate Dan Michel of Northgate Dan Michel of Northgate (fl. 1340) was an English writer, the author of the "Ayenbite of Inwyt". Nothing is known of Dan Michael except what can be gathered from his work and from the fact that Northgate is still the name of an area of the city of Canterbury in Kent, England. His only known work is a literal translation in the Kentish dialect of a French treatise entitled "La Somme des Vices et des Vertus" (also known as "Le Miroir du monde" or "Le Livre des commandemens", &c.), which was written in 1279 by Laurentius