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Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripol [/color][/size][size=21][color:a17b=#00ff00]Early life (p1)[/b][/color][/size][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00]
She is the only child of Nidya del Carmen Ripoll Torrado, a [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Colombia][u][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00]Colombian[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00] of [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Spanish_people][u][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00]Spanish[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00] and [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Italian_people][u][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00]Italian[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00] ancestry, and William Mebarak Chadid who is of [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Lebanese_people][u][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00]Lebanese[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00] descent[/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-6][u][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00][7][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00]. She has 8 older half siblings from her father's previous marriage, but she often omits the half in interviews because they are so close to her.
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Statue of [i]Shakira[/i] in [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Barranquilla][u][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00]Barranquilla[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00], [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Colombia][u][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00]Colombia[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00].
Shakira means "thankful" ([/color][/size][font:a17b=Times New Roman][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00]شاكِرة[/color][/size][/font][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00]) in [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Arabic][u][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00]Arabic[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00].[/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-7][u][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00][8][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00] It is the feminine form of the name Shakir.[/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-8][u][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00][9][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00] Her second name, Isabel, is also that of her paternal grandmother, meaning "my god is my oath", "my god's house" or "my god is abundance", and her name might be mistaken by Colombians and other Spanish-speaking people as a [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Spanish_naming_customs][u][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00]Spanish given name[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00] only for [i]Elizabeth[/i]. Her family name [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Ripoll][u][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00]Ripoll[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00] is [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Catalan_people][u][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00]Catalan[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00]. She spent much of her youth in Barranquilla, a city located in northern Colombia. Shakira is widely noted for her keen intellect and is reported to have an IQ of 140.[/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-usaweekend-9][u][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00][10][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00]
Shakira wrote her first [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Poem][u][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00]poem[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00], entitled "La Rosa De Cristal" ("The Crystal Rose") when she was only four years old. As she was growing up, she was fascinated watching her father writing stories on a [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Typewriter][u][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00]typewriter[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00], and asked for one as a Christmas gift. She got her wish at age seven and continued writing poetry. These poems eventually evolved into songs. At the age of eight, after an older half-brother was killed in a [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Motorcycle][u][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00]motorcycle[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:a17b=#00ff00] accident, Shakira wrote her first song entitled "Tus gafas oscuras" ("Your dark glasses"). The inspiration came from her father, who for years after the accident wore dark glasses, to hide his grief.[center].[/center]
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