Omar Naber

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Omar Naber (7 July 1981, Ljubljana, Slovenia), born Omar Kareem Naber (Umar Karim Nabir), is a Slovenian singer and songwriter. His mother is a Slovenian music teacher, his father is a Jordanian dentist.

Omar Naber studied to become a dental technician, but after graduating he decided to devote his life to music. He 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.

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.

He is also one of the most popular singers in Slovenia.