Omar Naber

Omar Naber on stage.

Omar Naber (7 July 1981]), born Omar Kareem Naber (Omar Karim Naber), is a Slovenian singer and songwriter.

He was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, then part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. His father was from Jordania, while his mother is Slovenian. ^[1]

Omar Naber won Bitka talentov, the Slovenian version of the Battle of the talents, and participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with "Stop" (in Slovene), a song he had composed himself.^[2]

His album Omar was released in 2005. He spent 2006 touring Slovenia, as well as internationally, and eventually went back to the studio to record his second album with his band Kareem. This second album, also named Kareem, was released in 2007.

In 2009 he again entered the Slovenian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, with his song "I Still Carry On", finishing second and thus not proceeding to the main contest.

References

1. ^ http://govori.se/domaci-traci/omar-naber-odpravil-se-je-proti-soncu/
2. ^ Grillhofer, Florian (18 January 2009). "Exclusive interview with Omar Naber". Eurovision Song Contest. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/12959?id=12959&offset=27. Retrieved 10 June 2010. 

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Platin with "Stay Forever"	Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005	Succeeded by Anžej Dežan with "Mr Nobody"

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Name	Naber, Omar
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Date of birth	7 July 1981
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