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

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" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" With Soapkills, we were lucky. We started at a time of transition where things were not ready, nothing was available. "

" Music liberated me. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We all have femininity in us. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You do not start by working on society; you start by yourself to be a freer person and a more independent person. "

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

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

" When I imagine feminine characters in my songs, they're often bold, strong, passionate, militant, witty, sensual, dangerous. I see those characters as skillful witnesses, figures of change and awakening. "

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

" 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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