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Birth Name:
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
Birth Place:
Barranquilla Colombia
Date of Birth:
February 2, 1977
Ethnicity:
Catalan Spanish, Italian, Macedonian, Lebanese
The Colombian singer’s real name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll and she was born in Barranquilla Colombia.
She was born to a mother of Spanish (Catalan) and Italian ancestry named Nidya del Carmen Ripoll Torrado. Her father, William Mebarak Chadid is of Lebanese and Macedonian ethnicity.
Her name Shakira means “thankful” in Arabic. She uses Turkish-Arabic belly dancing in a lot of her performances.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4406486.stm
- http://www.lycos.com/info/shakira.html
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fshzEmNXBM8
- http://dnevnik.hr/
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I love her music. screeew whoever hates. i dont see ya being internationally famous like her!!!!!=) hahaha
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she’s Colombian also…. u forgot to put tht on…
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she is BEAUTIFUL inside and out…so to all the people out there that are haters..fuck all you putoss!!!!!
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i like her songs! Please people stop critisizing. why’d u even search her if all u want to do is insult her. DANG PEOPLE:(
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It’s fantastic that someone is helping in Haiti instead of only talking about it! Good for you Shakira.
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skrew u lorena
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ewwww! i hate lebonese people! my art teacher is lebonese and she has the MOST ANNOYING HIGH PICTHED VOICE! boo lebanese ppl! :)
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Did u just generalise all Lebanese people moron? u r the most stupid and dumb person to walk the earth, u r an asshole and more… u wish u had lebanese heritage they’re beautiful people
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idk why Shakira dyed her hair because she was originally a brunette…i guess she decided to change it lol…but she still looks pretty though…
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lol corrector, french is also a romance language and ppl who speak french are not considered latino !!!!!!
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well said Corrector!!! I thought the same thing….where do they think Latin heritage comes from?? gee i wonder …Maybe Europe! The words Latin/o and Hispanic are celebrating a EUROPEAN HERITAGE,….THATS WHY YOU SPEAK A EUROPEAN (spanish) LANGUAGE!…where did you think Bullfighting came from..
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