Syro-Lebanese in Egypt Omar Sharif (born Michel Chalhoub) and Egyptian film director Youssef Chahine. The relations between Egypt and the Levant go back to ancient times. However, the earliest instance of modern Levantine migration to Egypt happened after 1724, when a schism in the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch resulted in a separate branch of Levantine Christians attached to Rome known as the Melkite Greek Catholics. Once the Syrian and Lebanese Greek Orthodox community was split, a migratory flow resulted in which Melkite Greek Catholics began leaving cities such as Damascus, Aleppo, Zahle, and Sidon to move to Egypt. Regarding an early Maronite
Michel Galabru "La Cage aux Folles", "La Cage aux Folles II", and ""; and "Le viager". In 1977, Galabru received a César for Best Actor for his portrayal of Joseph Bouvier in Bertrand Tavernier's "The Judge and the Assassin". Michel Galabru Michel Louis Edmond Galabru (27 October 19224 January 2016) was a French actor. Galabru appeared in more than 250 films and worked with directors such as Bertrand Blier, Costa-Gavras, Luc Besson (for "Subway"), and Jean-Luc Godard. He is also well-known for his collaborations with Louis de Funès in "Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez", "Le gendarme se marie", "Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres",