RABAT, Morocco — Colombian pop singer Shakira said Saturday she would one day like to sing pop songs, if not an entire album, in Arabic.
The native Spanish speaker, who also has global hits in English, was speaking at a news conference in Morocco, where she was headlining the Mawazine World Rhythms music festival. Morocco’s 10th-annual Mawazine festival of world music concluded Saturday after eight days of music that saw bands from 60 countries, including Kanye West, Lionel Ritchie, Egypt’s Amr Diab and Senegal’s Youssou N’Dour.
“It would be a challenge to do an album in Arabic. I would first have to learn Arabic,” Shakira said. “I am completely open to that experience.”
Her hit Spanish single “Ojas Asi” relies on a Middle Eastern melody. The Associated Press
