omar grew in the big familial house with yacef saadi. this allowed him to see the figureheads of the algerian revolution like abane ramdane, krim belkacem, colonel ouamrane, rabah bitat, and ali la pointe who visited his uncle regularly. courier between the militants and the fln leaders, he succeeded to cross all police roadblocks and elude the french paratroopers in the hardest moments of the battle of algiers.