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" As an artist, you need to be true to yourself and free and not put yourself in a box that contradicts with what you feel is needed for a song. "
Yasmine Hamdan
You
Yourself
True
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" Egyptians are quite incredible people. They have everything: the culture, the music, the scenes. So much of Arab music and art started there. "
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" I had an Arabic background. but I lived a very scattered childhood. I didn't belong to any one culture, which meant I didn't have musical geographies in my head. "
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" I sing in Arabic as a statement. It's art, and it's a challenge. "
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" I was raised by strong women, and the role models I had in music and cinema were strong, too - liberated and provocative. "
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" Faith is a very intimate process that involves being sincere and truthful to a spiritual presence. "
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" Because of the Lebanese civil war, I had a scattered childhood. I had to build my own connections to each country we moved to. "
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" I've always fought any form of censorship. "
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" I love Khaliji music; it's very inspiring. "
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" My father is an engineer, and my mother raised the three children. "
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" There are many positive values that come with a Muslim upbringing. But when religion becomes about rules and hierarchies, when it starts to feel like a prison, I'm not interested. "
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" I met Jim Jarmusch when I started recording my album 'Ya Nass.' He was writing the script for 'Only Lovers Left Alive.' Jarmusch was always a great inspiration to me, way before meeting him. Working with him was fantastic. "
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" The Arabic music I listen to is extremely edgy. Ironic, sarcastic, sensual, erotic. "
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" I was born in the middle of Lebanon's civil war. "
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" I studied psychology at university. "
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" When the public doesn't understand me, it's a battle. So when I choose words, I choose them for their musicality, rhythm, and sense, and I choose the right dialect to express that. "
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" We all have femininity in us. "
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" Back in Kuwait, I had started listening to a lot of English language music: western music, I would say - Kate Bush and Radiohead - and I loved Chet Baker, Etna James, a lot of singers and a lot of bands. "
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" Without freedom and without humor, our cultures can't have a healthy evolution. "
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" I set the bar very high. I'm very tough on myself. "
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" I follow my desires, and I'm prepared to take the consequences. "
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" I am interested in exploring encounters where worlds meet and not where they separate. "
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" My dad was a brilliant civil engineer. My parents later divorced, but we lived in Abu Dhabi, Greece, Kuwait. "
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" It's interesting to be at once an insider and outsider. It's a way of learning how to find your way freely without the need of conforming or belonging. "
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" A lot of Arabic composers such as Mohammed Abdel Wahab mixed sounds and instruments from all over the world. It's important to be able to propose new ways and new sounds without being stigmatised, censored or put aside. "
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