Full name :Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll;
Is from: Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia;
Date of birth :February 2, 1977 (age 38);
Family: She is the only child of Nidia Ripoll and William Mebarak Chadid. Her paternal grandparents emigrated from Lebanon to New York City, where her father was born.
Hobbies:songwriting,singing and dancing
She can:speak Spanish,sing and dance