Before joining FilFan.com, Omar worked as a TV reporter in several well known Arab media for example the magazine Ara'. He was also a TV reporter in Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU) in the TV show Shawshara (the Egyptian version of the Insider) then he joined Nile TV for few months (May 2010 to January 2011). When he turned 21, he took the position of editor in chief in the website FilFan.com, in April 2013.