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

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

" When I go to Beirut, I don't drive. It's traumatizing to drive there. "

" World music can be sometimes like the lumber room in which all the non-English singers are dumped. When you are singing in Arabic, no matter what your style of music or artistic proposition is, you are faced with some of that reality. "

" 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. "

" When I started, I didn't know how to sing in Arabic - it's a very complex and sophisticated music full of codes and modes and quarter-tones. "

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

" 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. "

" There should be no borders, race, colours, or ethnical considerations when it comes to music and creativity. "

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

" We all have femininity in us. "

" The Arab world is mediatised in a way that gives too much space to these people - puritans, extremists, whatever you want to call them. There are a lot more people like me in the Middle East than you might think. "

" I sing 'Beirut' for what the city is for me, but I am also singing as an exile. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I went from the most underground band in the world to signing with Madonna's producer and a record label that is extremely mainstream - it was interesting. "

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

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

" I wanted to pursue my own thing - I had desires, ideas I wanted to accomplish, and I needed to be on my own for that. "

" The Arabic world was very interesting in the 1920s to '60s: there was something booming culturally, and I found my culture very desirable when I listened to these songs. "

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

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

" There is something spiritual about art that connects us with ourselves and with others; it's really about coming together and creating bridges. "

" I've always had a sense that I am doing something very important, something vital. "

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

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

" The Arabic music I listen to is extremely edgy. Ironic, sarcastic, sensual, erotic. "

" 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. "