Health The complicated start of the year for Shakira: a move in check due to the delicate state of her father
Concern Shakira does not separate from her father, who remains admitted to the hospital
On January 1,
Shakira
(45) opened her heart on Instagram.
"Although
our wounds remain open
in this new year, time has the hands of a surgeon. Even if someone has betrayed us, we must continue to trust. In the face of contempt, continue to value ourselves.
Our tears are not a waste, they
water the ground where the future will be born and they make us more human so that,
in the midst of heartbreak,
you can continue to love," he wrote with the hope of
his new life in Miami,
where he would supposedly move in the coming weeks.
However, the Colombian's plans could be cut short.
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According to the
Mamarazzis
podcast , Shakira's move "would hang by a thread."
The reason?
The delicate state of health of her father
Her William Mebarak (91), after suffering a trauma.
"Her state of hers is so delicate at the moment that Shakira is considering
staying in Barcelona for a few more months
and postponing her final move so as not to subject her father to such a long trip," revealed Laura Fa.
What's more, the journalist assures that the interpreter could stay in Catalonia
until June,
in order to "disrupt as little as possible the school year of her children."
Even so, there is still the possibility that all the Mebaraks will cross the pond with a medicalized plane, next week.
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But what are Shakira's plans for her parents?
What would William Mebarak and Nidia Ripoll do in Florida?
In theory, the same thing they have done for five years in Spain:
take care of their grandchildren
Sasha and Milan.
In 2017, the couple
moved to Barcelona from Barranquilla,
and they began to build
a house in Pedralbes.
A mansion -located on a plot adjacent to her daughter's house-, which has three floors and a garage floor.
According to various media, Shakira invested almost
900,000 euros so that her parents would
live
close to her
and thus, they could spend more time with theirs.
And it is that
the family, for the Mebarak, is very important.
Especially for William.
William Mebarak was born in 1931, in
the United States,
into a family
of Lebanese origin.
However, his parents decided to move to
Colombia
when he was only five years old.
According to his own words, his family always taught him
the value of work
, so during his youth he cultivated
multiple trades.
Among them, that of radio announcer,
jeweler
,
merchant
,
insurance agent
, literature professor and writer.
Although his true vocation was in the priesthood.
Meberak
wanted to be a priest.
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"I wanted to be a priest
because of the influence of the De La Salle brothers
with whom I studied. But my father didn't want to, he was scared, because he had no male brothers and I only had a very young brother. He was terrified that
his last name would be lost, Mebarak.
So, he changed my school,
I started meeting girls...
And that ended my vocation! Then I wanted to be a writer and a doctor, but I had
a very crazy youth,
really... Motorcycles, cars, drinks, partying Girls... I'm ashamed to say that I was very unstable," he told
La Vanguardia in 2013.
Meberak soon settled down.
All thanks to
his first wife Lucila Otero.
"I stabilized at the moment
my first son, William, was born.
I felt an inner transformation. Then I was able to tell my father 'here I give you an heir'. I calmed down, started
working in the press
and later had
seven more children
with my wife. But unfortunately,
William died in an accident,
driving his car. He was hit. It was many years ago, but I still cry when I think about it," he said a decade ago.
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Little is known about the marriage between William and Lucila.
Despite this, the same journalist - author of the book
Al viento y al azar
- has confessed that
he fell in love with Shakira's mother when he was still married
to her first wife.
"Nidia worked in a friend's company and one day I saw the wind blowing her skirts around her legs and I fell in love. I thought
'now your peace of mind is over, William',
because I was a married man then. And when we consolidated our relationship, our daughter Shakira was born," he revealed.
Following the birth of Shakira (and the subsequent birth of her brother Tonino),
Nidia Ripoll stopped working
and became a housewife.
But when her daughter began to develop her vocal talent, Ripoll became
her best agent.
Since adolescence, the Colombian accompanied her daughter to
countless contests and festivals
and, when she began to become internationally known, in 1997, she even became
her press
officer for a time.
Something for which Shakira has always been immensely grateful.
"Thanks to my mother for taking care of me, teaching me and for the love she has always given me," the celeb posted on Instagram two years ago.
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Since 2012, when Shakira moved to Barcelona, William and Nadia have
given various interviews,
talking about their daughter, giving their opinion about their son-in-law and telling how wonderful their grandchildren are.
However, Ripoll's attitude changed radically in October, when -after the break between Shakira and Piqué- he made an unexpected statement.
"We are still family and I have a good relationship with him.
I must have it, because we have not fought," he explained in front of the cameras.
A statement that Shakira would not have liked at all and that, according to numerous sources, would have made her ask
her mother for silence from
her.
However, there are no confirmations on the subject.
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