Shakira is one of the most influential artists of the 21st century. The Colombian is in a very good moment at a professional level after chaining success after success with Te Felicito, Monotonía, the Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53, TQG and Acrostic. The last year has been very fruitful for the artist, and despite the fact that she is in the media spotlight, little is known about her personal life at her family level. ‘Shak’ has three sisters: Patricia, Lucila and Ana. Little is known about them, since they have always remained in the background.
As we said, the last year has been especially good for the artist in her professional facet. On a personal level, it has not been so much. In June 2022, she herself, through her team, revealed that her relationship with Gerard Piqué had come to an end, after more than a decade together and two children together, Sasha and Milan. After a long legal dispute, the singer began a new life with her little ones far from Barcelona, ??where she lived with the former soccer player. Currently, she resides in Miami.
Despite being constantly in the media spotlight, few things are known about his family. For example, from her sisters. The woman from Barranquilla has always shown a very close relationship with her parents: William Mebarak and Nidia Ripoll, whom she has allowed to see in publications on social networks, and with whom she has attended award ceremonies and professional engagements for around two decades.
However, the Mebarak family has more members, despite the fact that Nidia and William only had one daughter together. The writer, who is currently 91 years old, was previously married to Lucila Otero, with whom he had 10 children, of whom the eldest died at an early age in a car accident, when the interpreter of Waka Waka was only 2 years old. Tonino, José Antonio, Alberto, Edward, Robin and Moisés, and Patricia, Lucila and Ana Mebarak are the singer’s siblings.
Despite having so many siblings, ‘Shak’ has a special relationship with Tonino. At 51 years old, Shakira’s closest brother is a support for her in her hard times, and can be seen with her in the vast majority of her public appearances. He is a musician and composer, and since the 90s he decided to devote his entire life to accompanying and supporting the singer’s career, who has managed to be the most relevant Latin artist to date.
Very little is known about Shakira’s other siblings, and especially little is known about the women, who lead lives totally removed from the media. Ana is the most discreet, since she has never wanted to participate in any talk show nor has she been hunted by the paparazzi, who spend their days trying to get images or information about the interpreter of Suerte and Antes de las seis.
However, from Patricia and Lucila it is possible to gather a little information. Patricia leads a discreet life in a town called Abal, located in Valencia (Spain), where she is a teacher specialized in caring for and teaching children with cognitive disabilities, as reported by El Universo. She resides there with her husband. The aforementioned medium assures that she is a taxi driver. Shakira’s sister has a teenage son. The family stays away from the media spotlight.
On the other hand, Lucila is the most ‘famous’ of the family. Mebarak is a renowned neurosurgeon who spent most of her career in Spain before returning to her native Barranquilla, where she works at Clínica Internacional La Misericordia. She is a specialist in marrow tumors. Lucila has even appeared in the Spanish media, who came to ask her about her sister during her separation with Gerard Piqué. However, she said that she did not know how her sister was doing.
At the moment it is known that, although Shakira shares most of her time with Tonino, most of her siblings have been aware of William’s health, who recently underwent surgery with a Hakim valve in Cartagena to treat hydrocephalus that suffers. This issue was a priority for the singer, who waited for her father’s health to improve in order to move to Miami with him and the rest of her family.
