Belly Dancers - Shakira, Didem, Nelly Mazloum, Estelle Asmodelle, Samia Gamal, Serena Wilson, Ariellah Aflalo, Ghawazi, Terezka Drnzik (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Shakira, Didem, Nelly Mazloum, Estelle Asmodelle, Samia Gamal, Serena Wilson, Ariellah Aflalo, Ghawazi, Terezka Drnzik, Taheyya Kariokka, Rachel Brice, Nadia Gamal, Amelia Zidane, Nagwa Fouad, Amera Eid, Naima Akef, Dina Talaat, Rozeta Ahalyea, Amar Gamal, Nejla Ates, Fifi Abdou, Maria Jammal, Zeinat Olwi. Excerpt: Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2, 1977), known professionally as Shakira (pronounced, Spanish: or ), is a Colombian singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer, and philanthropist who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s. Born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia, Shakira revealed many of her talents in school as a live performer, demonstrating her vocal ability with rock and roll, Latin and Middle Eastern influences with her own original twist on belly dancing. Shakira is a native Spanish speaker and also speaks fluent English and Portuguese as well as some Italian, French and Arabic. After commercial flops with local producers on her first two albums, and being little-known outside Colombia, Shakira decided to produce her own brand of music. In 1995 she released Pies Descalzos, which brought her great fame in Latin America and Spain, and her 1998 album Donde Estan los Ladrones? was a critical success selling over 7 million copies worldwide. In 2001, aided by the worldwide success of her first English single "Whenever, Wherever" that became the best selling single of 2002, she broke through into the English-speaking world with the release of Laundry Service, which sold over 13 million copies worldwide. Four years later, Shakira released two album projects called Fijacion Oral Vol. 1 and Oral Fixation Vol. 2. Both reinforced her success, particularly with the best selling song of the 2000s, "Hips Don't Lie." In 1995, Shakira founded the Pies...