Shakira

A book about Shakira’s life, written by her father, with a prologue by Colombian Nobel Prize Winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez, will be released next year.

William Mebarak himself informed during an interview to a radio show in Miami (Clásica 92.3 FM) that he’s planning to finish the book at the beginning of 2008. He said:

“Through the book I want to show to the world, to the reader, Shakira’s example. Shakira has been an example of achiever. I wish there were more boys and girls out there achieving success”.

Shakira’s father also gave details about the upcoming book: “The book doesn’t have a title yet, but Gabriel Garcia Marquez will give me the honor of writing the prologue. The book begins like this: “In these pages I intend to contribute to perpetuate your image.”

In the interview, the Mebarak - William and Nidia - made intimate revelations about their daughter, but with the affection that only a father and a mother can show. Among the confessions, the Mebarak said that the relation between Shakira and Antonio de la Rúa is in great shape, and that they worry because she works 16 hours a day.

At first, it was said that it was unlikely that Shakira’s parents would agree to give this interview, since Javier Ceriani, the host of the show, is very controversial. Even so, William and Nidia decided to grant the interview. Before they went to the radio station, some friends expressed concerns about the questions that Ceriani could make.

“If he goes to far, I’ll stand up and leave”, said Doña Nidia, informing that they would go to the radio show no matter what.

In the end, everything was fine. Even Ceriani was delighted:

“The truth is that they were wonderful, and Doña Nidia gave me an advice; she said that although my style is controversial, I should not change it, because it’s what makes me unique”, he said at the end of the interview.

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Here’s the rest of the Interview with Shakira! Sorry for the delay…

Q - A balance of you tour…

Shakira - This has been the more extensive tour of my career: an entire year playing an average of four times a week, we crossed five continents and we had great satisfactions, now I will take some months to recharge energies and to continue experimenting with new sounds and ideas.

Q – It’s already finished?

Shakira - I still have my last two concerts of the tour, in Turkey and Nigeria. After that I’m going to finish the music of one of the deepest histories of Literature, the movie version of Love in the Time of Cholera (El amor en los tiempos del cólera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez). It’s a huge challenge and a great feeling to add my own music to a piece of work that has so much music by itself.

Q - When will your next album be released?

Shakira - Right now I need to dedicate myself to be a person, to put the public figure aside for a few months and dedicate time to Antonio, my family, my dogs, to take care of the flowers in my garden, to read, to think, to create and even to study. I have plans to go to college, to study History. Later I will begin to record some ideas that I already have in mind for my next album. Even so, the creative process of an album is absolutely unpredictable, something like an empty canvas or a river with a changing course, which we never know where is going to end.

Q - We didn’t hear you last Thursday, when the entire country (Colombia) marched against the kidnappings and the violence… What is your message?

Shakira - What happens in my country, the case of the 11 deputies and the situation of the kidnapped, is a very great pain for all. But there are also symbols like professor Moncayo that show us that the colombian’s tenacity is not gone, nor it’s going to be when the time for demanding peace comes. Pies Descalzos, the Foundation, is my best message: let’s work so the children at risk in this country have better opportunities.

There a little more here (Source in Spanish): Shakira talks about her participation in Live Earth, peace and politics

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