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Recently Shakira has created quite a stir with casting the Spanish tennis hunk and world Champion, Rafael Nadal in her new video Gypsy.
And she is back with more belly dancing. Ever wonder why she favors that dance move? Her ancestry on her dad's side may shed some light.
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 and Italian ancestry named Nidya del Carmen Ripoll Torrado. Her father, William Mebarak Chadid is of Lebanese ethnicity.
Her name Shakira means “thankful” in Arabic. She uses Turkish-Arabic belly dancing in a lot of her performances.
Find out more about Shakira and the ethnicity of other celebs at http://ethniccelebs.com
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Wednesday, 04 January 2012 04:59
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Wow! i wasn't aware that shakira means thankful in Arabic. I had a little idea that she is from Columbia, but not so much that she is a mix of so many cultures
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