Who knows that captain Jack Sparrow in the the popular film series “Pirates of the Caribbean” was based on a real Muslim pirate! Here are some details about the real captain’s life.
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His real name was Jack Ward and he was also known as Jack Birdy. He was born in the United Kingdom. He was on a run after he and his crew converted to Islam in the late 16th century. He fled to Tunisia where he obsessed with little birds during his time there and the locals would call him Jack Asfour, asfour is the opposite of sparrow in Arabic, and that’s the reason why he was called Jack Sparrow.
After he had reverted to Islam, his name became Yusuf Reis. He was married to another renegade from Christendom who reverted to Islam as well. She was called Jessimina the Sicilian.
Captain Jack Birdy was known as a great drunkard, but he stopped drinking alcohol when he reverted to Islam. He played a vital role in rescuing thousands of Spanish Jews and Muslims fleeing their expulsion from their lands in the 16th and 17th centuries.
The real life of Captain Birdy or Yusuf Reis had several Hollywood movies’ worth of adventure. It would be amazing if someone were to bring his real, non-fiction story to the big screen.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ward
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