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All Quotes by author - Yasmine Hamdan

" 'Al Jamilat' is not just feminist. It's an album with songs that feature women: women who are in love, rebellious women, political activists, women who are more submissive, women who are in charge. "

" All of the Arabic women I grew up listening to or watching had a very strong character. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Because of the Lebanese civil war, I had a scattered childhood. I had to build my own connections to each country we moved to. "

" Change means resistance, and resistance means transformation and igniting energies. "

" Collaborating with other artists is an emotional thing. Obviously, you don't do it unless this person inspires you. "

" Egyptians are quite incredible people. They have everything: the culture, the music, the scenes. So much of Arab music and art started there. "

" Every time I go to Beirut, I see people and the quality of life going slowly from bad to worse, and from worse to even worse. "

" Faith is a very intimate process that involves being sincere and truthful to a spiritual presence. "

" For me, a taxi is like a public space because so many people get in that space. "

" I always had this crisis: where do I come from? I was never an insider, never an outsider; I was always in the middle. But it means I never have borders in my head. "

" I am interested in exploring encounters where worlds meet and not where they separate. "

" I don't believe that there is a separation between art and political consciousness. "

" I don't relate to what is seen as 'Arab culture.' I relate to what I explore myself, what is around me. "

" I don't think there is only one Arab culture or a pure Arabness. We are very multiple, especially our generation, which is very multilayered. "

" I follow my desires, and I'm prepared to take the consequences. "

" If you have a drummer who alternates between fast and slow drumming, it can negatively affect the music. "

" 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. "

" I had the urge to face my own limitation, and I needed to be bigger. I needed to be more professional and be in a more competitive environment because I wanted to grow as an artist. That's why I went to Europe. "

" I have a sense of mission in a way. I've always worked on being free, as a woman and as an artist. "

" I have learned to create from a hybridized point of view. It's an asset - something rather liberating. "

" I love Khaliji music; it's very inspiring. "

" Imagine a singer with the virtuosity of Joan Sutherland or Ella Fitzgerald, the public persona of Eleanor Roosevelt, and the audience of Elvis, and you have Umm Kulthum. "

" I'm bored, normally, when I travel. "

" 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. "

" I'm inspired by many artists whose language I don't understand. "

" I'm Muslim but not really. My family did not care. And I always managed to skip religion classes when I was living in the Gulf, even when they were obligatory. "

" I set the bar very high. I'm very tough on myself. "

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