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" I have a sense of mission in a way. I've always worked on being free, as a woman and as an artist. "
Yasmine Hamdan
Free
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" There should be no borders, race, colours, or ethnical considerations when it comes to music and creativity. "
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" Women are a minority the same way gay people are. "
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" I set the bar very high. I'm very tough on myself. "
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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 don't relate to what is seen as 'Arab culture.' I relate to what I explore myself, what is around me. "
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" Music liberated me. "
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" I'm inspired by many artists whose language I don't understand. "
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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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" 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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" Without freedom and without humor, our cultures can't have a healthy evolution. "
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" My father is an engineer, and my mother raised the three children. "
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" Maybe I was blessed that my main drive was purely selfish. I needed to make something, make my life better, wider, have poetry in my life, have something that gives me hope on an everyday basis. That was my main drive all along, really. "
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" 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. "
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" Faith is a very intimate process that involves being sincere and truthful to a spiritual presence. "
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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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" It's complicated for my music to be accepted, even in Lebanon and the Arabic world - I sing in Arabic, but there's no lute, no classical instruments. Maybe with the Internet opening things up, things will change. "
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