William Mebarak Chadid: Shakira’s Father’s Inspiring Life
Posted on November 9, 2025 by Susie Mccoy
William Mebarak Chadid was born in New York on September 6, 1932. His parents, Alberto Mebarak Spath and Isabel Chadid Baizer, had recently arrived from Lebanon. They relocated to Barranquilla, Colombia, five years later. That’s the place where William was raised, and that is when his story starts to get interesting. He’s 93 now. And he has been through […]