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" 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. "

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" It's normal; Arab women have always been very active at the forefront of culture - as film producers since the 1920s; as singers, dancers, choreographers, writers for much longer than that. "

" 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 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

" When I read the Koran or hear it read, the images and the poetry, the sound of the language is very inspiring. "

" I was raised by strong women, and the role models I had in music and cinema were strong, too - liberated and provocative. "

" Without freedom and without humor, our cultures can't have a healthy evolution. "

" When it comes to the lyrics, I write about my own perception of things and use characters for that. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" '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. "

" 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. "

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

" I studied psychology at university. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" My dad was a brilliant civil engineer. My parents later divorced, but we lived in Abu Dhabi, Greece, Kuwait. "

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

" 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. "