Shakira
Shakira in 2011, photo by kathclick/bigstock.com
Birth Name: Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
Place of Birth: Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
Date of Birth: 2 February, 1977
Ethnicity:
*father – Lebanese
*mother – Colombian, including Spanish [Castilian, Andalusian, Aragonese, Cantabrian], Indigenous, African, Catalan, Basque, Galician, Italian/Sicilian
Sakira is a Colombian singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, model, and choreographer. Her singles include “Whenever, Wherever,” “Underneath Your Clothes,” “La Tortura,” “Hips Don’t Lie,” “Beautiful Liar,” “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa),” “Loca,” “Can’t Remember to Forget You,” “Chantaje,” “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53,” and “TQG.” She is known as the “Queen of Latin Music.”
She was born and raised in Barranquilla, on Colombia’s northern coast, the daughter of Nidia del Carmen Ripoll Torrado and William Alberto Mebarak Chadid. Her father was born in New York City, New York, U.S., and is of Lebanese descent; his family moved to Colombia when he was a child. Her mother is Colombian, born in Arenosa. Shakira’s mother’s ancestry includes Spanish [Castilian, Andalusian, Aragonese, Cantabrian], Indigenous, African, Catalan, Basque, Galician, and Italian/Sicilian. Shakira has two children, Milan Piqué and Sasha Piqué, with her former partner, Catalan professional footballer Gerard Piqué.
The name Shakira means “thankful” in Arabic. She uses Turkish-Arabic belly dancing in many performances.
Shakira’s paternal grandfather was named Alberto Mebarak Spath (the son of Moisés Isaac Mebarak and Labibe Spath S.). Alberto was born in Cartagena, Bolívar Dept, Colombia, to Lebanese emigrants, from Beirut and Zahlé, respectively. Moisés was the son of Isaac Mebarak and Marta. Labibe was the daughter of Moisés D. Spath and Marie (or María in Spanish) S.
Shakira’s paternal grandmother was Isabel Chadid Baizer (the daughter of Pedro Chadid Raide and Rosa Baizer Gandur). Isabel was born in Sincelejo, Sucre Dept, Colombia, to Lebanese parents. Pedro was the son of Tannus Shdid, later Antonio Chadid Harb, and of Sade Raide. Pedro moved to Colombia in 1895. Rosa was the daughter of Abraham Baizer and Juana Gandur.
Shakira’s maternal grandfather was Tomás Eduardo Ripoll Jiménez (the son of Cristóbal Ripoll Carrasquilla and Elena Leocadia Jiménez). Tomás Eduardo was born in Piojó, Atlántico. Cristóbal was the son of José Antonio Ripoll Ramos and Rosaura “Rosa” Carrasquilla. Elena was the daughter of an unknown father and Magdalena Jiménez.
Shakira’s maternal grandmother was Josefina Torrado Núñez (the daughter of Adriano Natividad Torrado Verjel and Mercedes Núñez). Josefina was born in Ábrego, Norte de Santander. Natividad was the son of Francisco José Torrado Carvajalino and María Victoria Verjel Torrado. Mercedes was the daughter of Milán Navarro and Ángela Núñez Pisciotti. Shakira has said that she has Italian/Sicilian ancestry from her Pisciotti line. She stated this here and here.
Shakira is a third cousin, once removed, of internet personality Manolo González.
Shakira with her parents and partner Gerard Piqué in 2013, photo by Prphotos
Sources: BBC article on Shakira’s Lebanese ancestry – http://news.bbc.co.uk
Genealogy of Shakira (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Baptismal record of Shakira’s father – https://familysearch.org
Baptismal record of Shakira’s paternal grandfather, Alberto Mebarak Spath – https://familysearch.org
Confirmation record of Shakira’s paternal grandfather, Alberto Mebarak Spath – http://www.rodriguezuribe.co
Baptismal record of Shakira’s paternal grandmother, Isabel Chadid Baizer – https://familysearch.org
Records of some of Shakira’s father’s family – http://www.rodriguezuribe.co
Interview with Shakira’s father about her mother’s ancestry – http://www.lavanguardia.com
YouTube video about Shakira’s Catalan ancestry – http://www.youtube.com
Family histories of Shakira’s mother – http://orlandoclavijotorrado.blogspot.com
http://misescritosgloriabarriga.blogspot.com
i always thought she was colombian with some african influence.
SHAKIRA IS COLOMBIAN BORN,
SHE DESCRIBES HERSELF AS LATINA AND ALSO
ARABIC BECAUSE OF HER FATHER WHO IS LEBANESE.
LATINA & ARABIC WOULD BE A MORE ACCURATE WAY TO DESCRIBE HER ETHNICITY.
She looks just what she is to me. I always saw the arab in her and the Spanish and Italian. To me all of these make her as curvy as she is. Italians are known for their bodies and so are ppl from Lebanon. The spanish part could be anything. I consider Italian to be white (European) but it depends on her Spanish decent. I think they mean from Spain but some ppl don’t consider Spanish as being from Spain but in general (maybe south american). She could have some Latina in her but she doesn’t look like she has that much. I’m a Latina so i have a good idea what we look like lol.
when someone says Spanish s/he means nothing but from Spain so White and European.. there are no people from America but immigrants..! so you can’t be from Latin America by origin even Natives aren’t native, they’re east Asian…!
My god well you’re a stupid latina ! The Spanish couldn’t be anything. The Spanish is from Spain. Only uneducated morons like you think they would refer Spanish as South American. And you have a good idea of what latinas look like? Strange since latina/hispanic isn’t a fucking race and you can be white and be latina, black,indigenous,mestizo,mulatto, even Asian and still be latino/hispanic. She could have some latina in her but it doesn’t look like much. Again latino isn’t a race. My God you are one stupid latina. Pathetic a latina doesn’t even know it’s not a race. You should know
well she looks brown to me in the photo she looks asian
ooh and people from spain are called spainards not spanish people . . . thats what americans refer to latinos
Spain And Its Official Language : “CASTILIAN”
Although the generic term commonly used and often associated with the language of Spain is Spanish the actual name of the language is Castilian and it is the language of the Castilla region of Spain.
Many when asked will say that the language of Spain is Spanish though this in fact is not the case. This being that saying that Spanish is the language of Spain would have been like saying that the language of Yugoslavia was Yugoslavian. Yes, the people of Yugoslavia could have been addressed as such but not there language for the name of their language was Servo-Croat. This being the case since there was no such language which could be called “Yugoslavian”.
Spain much like Yugoslavia or the ex Soviet Union or the country that used to be called Czechoslovakia has more then one language, as they have many regions which compose their country. All of which have their own language which should not be mistaken for dialects but languages. For instance the region called “Catatonia” which has Barcelona for its capital, has Catalan listed as one of their official languages while the “Basque country” has a completely different language which like Catalan will not be understood by somebody who speaks Spanish.
These are just two examples of how in Spain every region has its own language, however if the topic be the language which is commonly referred to as “Spanish” that is the one spoken in Madrid; which is not only the capital of the whole country of Spain but the region known as Castilla. It is this region of Spain that not only has imposed its language over the rest of the country but exported it to the world which has even accepted it as the language of Spain and labeled it as such with name of “Spanish” though technically speaking it should be called “Castilian”.
In conclusion I would like to say that though “Castilian” is the official language of Spain; it is not the only language and there are even many more all around the world who have taken to studying the other languages, which also have a rich tradition.
People from Spain can be called Spaniard or Spanish. Germans speak German, they are German. In France they speak French,they are French. Same in Spain. They speak Spanish, they are Spanish
WE ARE LATINOS NOT HISPANICS! LATINOS IS FOR ALL THE SPANISH PEOPLE NO MATTER WHAT PART YOU COME FROM. SHES LATINA, EUROPEAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN. . MOSTLY LATINA THOUGH
What are hispanics then? latin people in latin america who speak spanish are hispanic, regardless of their race, whether their white (spain) black (africa) or native, or a mixture of all these races they are still hispanic, and people who speak spanish arent the only latin people, french, italian and portuguese people are latin too, but they are not exactly classed as one, and latina is a nationality not a race, therefore she is a latina (because she has spanish (from spain) and italian ancestries) which is white, and shes middle eastern too, which means her nationality is latin and middle eastern, in other words she is mostly white, and middle eastern (im not too sure about what race middle eastern people are) and u cant say all people are latin/hispanic people are spanish because, people who are from the spanish speaking countries e.g. from s.america, central america or caribbean arent all spanish they could be native such as mayan indian, taino indian, kuna indian etc, or they could be black too, but still can be classified as being latin. its like saying all australian or american people are english just because they speak english, they are white, with european ancestries.
People from Spain or Italy are not white. They are Latin.
Middle Easterners are Asians.
latin is a nationality, not a race, white is a race
White is a culture,not a race.we are all different varities of the same race
“What Does DNA Say?”, race is defined primarily by skin color. Since that’s a genetic trait, the logic goes, race itself must be genetic, and there must be differences that are more than skin deep.
But that’s not what modern genetics reveals. Quite the contrary, it shows that race is truly skin deep. Indeed, genetics undermines the whole concept that humanity is composed of ”races”—pure and static groups that are significantly different from one another. Genetics has proven otherwise by tracing human ancestry, as it is inscribed on DNA.
After, analyzing something called mitochondrial DNA. Almost all human cells contain tiny bacteria-like entities called mitochondria. They provide energy to cells, and they have their own DNA, separate from the DNA that actually makes a person. Mitochondria are not in sperm cells; therefore, they are inherited only from the mother. They record a person’s matrilineal heritage.
The paternal counterpart is the Y chromosome. Women, of course, lack the Y chromosome, so it is inherited strictly from father to son. It can be quite revealing to trace how the Y chromosome and mitochondrial DNA mix in a single population. Under the old South African apartheid categories, ”colored” people were those who descended from black and white parents—but their Y chromosome almost always shows a European ancestry, whereas their mitochondrial DNA usually shows an African heritage. To put it plainly, white men were sleeping with black women, but black men were not sleeping with white women.
But sometimes only DNA can settle questions of human history.
Two million years ago, various hominid ancestors of modern humans migrated out of Africa. Neanderthals settled in Europe–and some scientists argued that Europeans descend from Neanderthals, Asians from other hominids such as Peking Man or Java Man, and Africans from still other sources. Genetics has helped demolish this ”multiregional” theory.
Mitochondrial DNA indicates that all living humans descend from one maternal source—christened Mitochondrial Eve—who lived in Africa between 100,000 and 200,000 years ago. Similarly, the Y chromosome shows that all men have a common ancestor, Y-chromosome Adam, who lived at the same time. (Actually, both analysis indicate that modern humans descend from a small founding population of about 5000 men and an equal number of women.)
Did modern humans coming out of Africa completely replace Neanderthals and the other earlier hominids—or did they interbreed with them? This year, Stoneking and researchers in Germany compared the mitochondrial DNA of modern humans to that of a Neanderthal skeleton between 30,000 and 100,000 years old. The conclusion: Neanderthals contributed nothing to human maternal ancestry.”
For example, light skin color is needed in northern climates for the sun’s ultra- violet light to penetrate into the body and transform vitamin D into a usable form. This mutation may well have arisen at different times, in different ancestral groups, on different points along the DNA. That’s true for cystic fibrosis, which occurs almost exclusively in people of European descent but is caused by several different mutations.
In other words, ”white people” do not share a common genetic heritage; instead, they come from different lineages that migrated from Africa and Asia. Such mixing is true for every race. ”All living humans go back to one common ancestor in Africa,”
Over time, ”genetics will help beat down racist arguments,” says Eric Lander, a world-renowned geneticist at M.I.T.
Listen people…
Race as we know it is a myth, a social construct. A social construction or social construct is any phenomenon “invented” or “constructed” by participants in a culture or society, existing
because people agree to behave as if it exists or follow certain conventional rules. “The Social Construction of Reality” (1966).
“One example of a social construct is social status!”
((: Go to You Tube watch => “Journey Of Man!” :))
-John 8:32
Middle Easterners are not considered Asian… they’re considered “white” actually
not in europe, because they are even darker than greeks!
The Middle East is in Asia. Some of the countries in the Middle East are Israel, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq. Turkey is 97% in Asia with 3% landmass in Europe.
Spain And Its Official Language : “CASTILIAN”
Although the generic term commonly used and often associated with the language of Spain is Spanish the actual name of the language is Castilian and it is the language of the Castilla region of Spain.
Many when asked will say that the language of Spain is Spanish though this in fact is not the case. This being that saying that Spanish is the language of Spain would have been like saying that the language of Yugoslavia was Yugoslavian. Yes, the people of Yugoslavia could have been addressed as such but not there language for the name of their language was Servo-Croat. This being the case since there was no such language which could be called “Yugoslavian”.
Spain much like Yugoslavia or the ex Soviet Union or the country that used to be called Czechoslovakia has more then one language, as they have many regions which compose their country. All of which have their own language which should not be mistaken for dialects but languages. For instance the region called “Catatonia” which has Barcelona for its capital, has Catalan listed as one of their official languages while the “Basque country” has a completely different language which like Catalan will not be understood by somebody who speaks Spanish.
These are just two examples of how in Spain every region has its own language, however if the topic be the language which is commonly referred to as “Spanish” that is the one spoken in Madrid; which is not only the capital of the whole country of Spain but the region known as Castilla. It is this region of Spain that not only has imposed its language over the rest of the country but exported it to the world which has even accepted it as the language of Spain and labeled it as such with name of “Spanish” though technically speaking it should be called “Castilian”.
In conclusion I would like to say that though “Castilian” is the official language of Spain; it is not the only language and there are even many more all around the world who have taken to studying the other languages, which also have a rich tradition.
Middle Easterns are White especially Lebanese, Israelis and Armenians well Israelis moved from Europe to Israel (the country that is very youg so Israelis are original Europeans) so I guess they don’t have anything with the ME xD
Nope. She’s mostly Middle Eastern.
She’s only 25% hispanic or latina or whatever
suck on that you stupid people
Latina isn’t a race,moron