Rita Ora and Dua Lipa are two of the world s most famous chart-topping pop stars. And it turns out Rita, 32, and Dua, 27, both of Albanian descent, have mirrored each other over the years.
Rita s grandfather Besim Sahatçiu, who passed away in 2005, was a film, TV and theatre director
Dua s grandfather Seit Lipa, who died in 1999, was head of the Kosovan Institute of History and intellectual
Rita was born in Pristina, Yugoslavia (present-day Kosovo), to Albanian parents Besnik Ora and Vera Sahatçiu
Dua was born in London and is the eldest child of Kosovo Albanian parents Anesa, née Rexha, and Dukagjin from Pristina, FR Yugoslavia