Shakira performs in Lebanon, her father's homeland

Record ID: 1140027

  • Title: Shakira performs in Lebanon, her father's homeland
  • Date: 13th July 2018
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SHAKIRA FAN, MELISSA MOUZANNAR, SAYING: "I am here to watch Shakira because we love her very, very, very much. I saw her perform the first time and I am now seeing her again."
  • Embargoed: 28th July 2018 00:43
  • Keywords: Lebanon festivals Shakira singer
  • Location: BCHARRE, LEBANON
  • City: BCHARRE, LEBANON
  • Country: Lebanon
  • Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Music
  • Reuters ID: LVA0028OL2P1P
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Shakira performed at the ancient cedars of Lebanon on Friday in a mountaintop concert in the land of her ancestors.
    The Colombian singer-songwriter delighted a crowd of thousands gathered under the stars near the "Forest of the Cedars of God" in northern Lebanon, where she said she was proud to be singing in the land of her grandparents.
    Shakira, who was born in Columbia to a Lebanese father and Columbian mother, first performed in Lebanon in 2011.
    Earlier in the day, she planted a cedar tree at a nearby nature reserve.
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