Omar Naber
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Omar Kareem Naber (Omar Karim Naber) |
| Born | 7 July 1981 Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Genres | Singer Songwriter |
| Website | www |
Omar Naber (Template:Lang-ar; born 7 July 1981) 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 Jordan, 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.[3]
He entered the national selection for Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest four more times, not proceeding to the main contest: Slovenia with "I Still Carry On", Slovenia with "Bistvo skrito je očem", Slovenia with "I Won't Give Up" and Slovenia with "On My Way". In 2016, he entered the national selection for Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song, "Take Me Far".
In 2011, Naber was sentenced to serve seven months in prison for sexually assaulting a woman in a Ljubljana club.[4][5][6]
His album Na glavo was released in 2014, along with its English version No Helmet.[7][8]
He won the latest national selection and became the representative for Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "On My Way".[9]
References
- ^ http://govori.se/domaci-traci/omar-naber-odpravil-se-je-proti-soncu/
- ^ "Exclusive interview with Omar Naber". esctoday.com. ESCToday. 18 January 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
- ^ Omar Naber, Last.fm.
- ^ Ropac, Iva. "Potrjena obsodba Omarja Naberja za spolno nasilje nad študentko". Delo. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ^ "Kritika Omarja Naberja. Poglejte, kaj so zapisale". Slovenske novice. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ^ Spiro, Amy. "A MINI EUROVISION – IN TEL AVIV". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ^ Na glavo: Omar Naber, Amazon.com.
- ^ No Helmet: Omar Naber, Amazon.com.
- ^ "Omar Naber on his way to Kyiv again!". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
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