Omar — Omar Character Profile

About Omar

A Palestinian baker and activist who climbs the barrier to see his sweetheart. After being captured and tortured, he betrays his friend Tarek to secure his release. Haunted by guilt and stigma, he eventually confronts his former allies, discovers the truth about his love interest, and kills his Israeli handler to reclaim his agency.

Omar — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Adam Bakri

Appears in

Omar (2013)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (8)

• Omar — father — Omar's Father (Jehad Abu Assal)
• Omar — mother — Omar's Mother (Wafaa Aon)
• Omar — brother — Omar's Brother (Ziad Jarjoura)
• Omar — sister — Omar's Sister (Anna Maria Hawa)
• Omar — boss — Omar's Boss (Essam Abu Aabed)
• Omar — Social Childhood Friends — Amjad (Samer Bisharat)

  Lifelong friendship and shared militant background.

• Omar — Social Childhood Friends — Tarek (Eyad Hourani)

  Lifelong friendship and shared militant background.

• Omar — Romantic Sweethearts — Nadia (Leem Lubany)

  Deep romantic bond and future marriage plans, later fractured by circumstances.

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More characters from Omar

• Agent Rami (Waleed Zuaiter)
• Nadia (Leem Lubany)
• Amjad (Samer Bisharat)
• Omar's Sister (Anna Maria Hawa)
• Tarek (Eyad Hourani)
• Sewing Shop Manager (Mousa Habiib Allah)
• Omar's Brother (Ziad Jarjoura)
• Omar's Mother (Wafaa Aon)
• Omar's Father (Jehad Abu Assal)
• Suit Store Employee (May Jabareen)
• Soldier (Doraid Liddawi)
• Soldier #1 (Adi Krayem)