He is called the comprehensive artist for his multiplicity of talents and abilities, as he worked as a monologue, and a popular singer, distinguished by his distinctive laugh, and the presentation of the role of Al-Saeedi, wearing most of his works in the jilbab and his turban, but he has a comic level.
He appeared in front of many big stars, such as Ismail Yassin, Muhammad Al-Tabi’i, Mr. Badir, Shadia and others. His real name is “Omar Sayed Sayed Salem”, and his nickname is “Omar El-Jizawy”, he was born in 1917, in Assiut Governorate, Omar learned the Qur’an in the book
In the village, his artistic inclinations appeared since he was young, he did not complete his education, he had a sweet voice as he sang in the village, then he moved to Giza and began singing in nightclubs and popular joys.
The artist Omar al-Jizawi made everyone laugh through his films, which numbered more than 100 films. other business.
Al-Jizawi was known for his multiple marriages, as it was said that he married 7 times, including the Lebanese dancer Anwar Hussein, and had a child named “Moin” who lived in Lebanon with his mother. It was also said that he had 4 girls and 3 boys.
Al-Jizawi was exposed to a strange situation that terrified the doctors, as on one occasion he was riding in a car, and the steering wheel was lost in the driver’s hand, and the car fell into the canal, and the driver jumped out of it before it fell, but Al-Jizawi remained inside the car that fell into the depths of the water, and everyone thought that he had died. And when the forensic doctor came to perform an autopsy on the body, a strange thing happened that astonished everyone in the morgue. Al-Jizawi rose up and said: “This is the power of God.”
A crisis arose in the life of the artist Omar El-Gizawy because of a song that El-Gizawy had recorded, under the name “Yally from the Beheira.. You are from the people of Upper Egypt”, but he was surprised that the artist Shadia sings it as “Egypt Today on Eid”, after it was presented by the composer Gamal Salama to Shadia, and it caused He suffered from depression and severe sadness, as a result of which he suffered a stroke, and he died nine months later in 1983.