Shakira Star

Born in the volatile drug infested and gang war nation of Columbia on February 2, 1977, Shakira facts state her ethnic background to be Columbian Lebanese. A singer and songwriter in her own right, Shakira is an enigma the world over. Standing at a 5’2” and weighing 106 lbs, the diva was born in a place called Barranquilla.
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Among the Shakira positive review that holds much information into her performance on stage, it is that her Lebanese grandmother taught her the art of belly dancing. She wanted Shakira not to forget her Middle Eastern roots and ancestry from her father’s side.
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Shakira, the queen of pop, was born in the small town of Columbia. Christened Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, she was born on the second of February of the year nineteen hundred seventy seven. Now she is known only as Shakira, the queen. She is basically a singer, a song writer as well as a dancer and philanthropist.
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There are many known Shakira fun facts. To begin with, her name is enigmatic and Arabic in origin. It means ‘woman full of grace’. Part of her Arabic origin inherited from her father who is originally Lebanese, goes into her performance and her personality also. If you notice her dances on stage, they resemble Lebanese belly dancing to some extent. Shakira’s grandmother taught her the art of Lebanese belly dancing with the hope that she would not forget or be estranged from her Middle Eastern roots. One of her songs, ‘Oios asi’ has a short verse sung in Arabic.
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