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" I'm inspired by many artists whose language I don't understand. "
Yasmine Hamdan
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" I don't believe that there is a separation between art and political consciousness. "
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" 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. "
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" '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. "
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" My father is an engineer, and my mother raised the three children. "
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" When I read the Koran or hear it read, the images and the poetry, the sound of the language is very inspiring. "
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Sound
" 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. "
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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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Explore
Me
" There is something spiritual about art that connects us with ourselves and with others; it's really about coming together and creating bridges. "
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Us
Together
" The Arabic music I listen to is extremely edgy. Ironic, sarcastic, sensual, erotic. "
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Sarcastic
Music
Listen
" 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. "
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Women
Normal
Film
" All of the Arabic women I grew up listening to or watching had a very strong character. "
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Women
Up
" I was born in the middle of Lebanon's civil war. "
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War
Middle
" When I go to Beirut, I don't drive. It's traumatizing to drive there. "
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Drive
Beirut
" Faith is a very intimate process that involves being sincere and truthful to a spiritual presence. "
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Spiritual
Process
Presence
" 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. "
Yasmine Hamdan
Started
How
Music
" I studied psychology at university. "
Yasmine Hamdan
Studied
University
Psychology
" Change means resistance, and resistance means transformation and igniting energies. "
Yasmine Hamdan
Transformation
Change
Resistance
" When I started doing music, it was out of despair and boredom. I got passionate about it, and I felt that it allowed me to become somebody: an artist who explores her different identities. "
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Her
Doing
Boredom
" 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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Need
Learning
Interesting
" 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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Everything
People
Culture
" We all have femininity in us. "
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Femininity
Us
" Because of the Lebanese civil war, I had a scattered childhood. I had to build my own connections to each country we moved to. "
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Country
War
Connections
" With Soapkills, we were lucky. We started at a time of transition where things were not ready, nothing was available. "
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Nothing
Ready
Time
" You do not start by working on society; you start by yourself to be a freer person and a more independent person. "
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Yourself
Start
You
" Women are a minority the same way gay people are. "
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Minority
People
Same
" My family played a part in bringing communism to Lebanon. "
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Played
Family
Communism
" Collaborating with other artists is an emotional thing. Obviously, you don't do it unless this person inspires you. "
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Other
Artists
Emotional
" 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. "
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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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