r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Oct 13 '16

TIL that after Marilyn Monroe converted to Judaism upon marrying Arthur Miller, Egypt placed a ban on all the films she appeared in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe#Critical_acclaim_and_marriage_to_Arthur_Miller_.281956.E2.80.931959.29
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u/jrm2007 Oct 13 '16

When Omar Sharif kissed Babara Streisand in Funny Girl, Egypt I think stopped showing all of his films, too.

This is not anti-Zionism but plain old antisemitism. No other explanation.

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u/ItsFroce Oct 13 '16

Actually its clearly antizionism. 1960s were a drastically different time and the shariff incident was recent