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Shakira Says Her 92-Year-Old Dad Is Her Best Friend—"The Man I Love The Most"
Colombian superstar Shakira has expressed deep love and admiration for her father over the years. "[He] is not "Shakira's father, rather I am the daughter of [Chadid William Mebarak], and he is the best father that life could give me," she told the Colombian Report.
By Carmen Schober2 min read
At a Colombian Book Festival in 2020, Shakira shared that her father, a Lebanese immigrant, journalist, and author was her "first audience" and that he has the “soul of a poet and storyteller.” The long hours he spent typing away on his typewriter inspired Shakira to write her first songs.