Shakira attended the Defense Dependents School known as DODDS located next to the American Base in Juffair, in the early 90’s. She even mentions Bahrain in her song ‘Ojos Asi’:
"I travelled from Bahrain to Beirut
I went from the north to the south pole
and I never found eyes like those"
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Jacqueline Fernandez, Sri Lankan actress, former model, and the winner of the 2006 Miss Universe moved to Bahrain with her family in the 1980s.
She hosted television shows in Bahrain such as ‘Tic-Tac-Toe’ since the age of fourteen.
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American actor Shemar Moore and his family moved to Bahrain when he was four-years-old.
Moore portrayed FBI agent Derek Morgan on the popular American series ‘Criminal Minds’ on CBS.
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Jermaine Jackson, Michael Jackson's brother, reportedly converted to Islam after a trip to Bahrain in 1989.
Jermaine was the original lead singer of the Jackson Brothers—an earlier incarnation of The Jackson Five.
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